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♂ William Paterson
aliasWilliam Paterson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 10 2 12
Birth 19 September 1839 → 184 years + 7 months ago
Lived 74 years + 5 months
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 10 months
Death 18 March 1914 → 110 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 5 months after 20 September 1911
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 38 11 18

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 8
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 56–57 13 Jul 1896 — 28 Jun 1897 0 11 15
2. CA 8–11
LIB
 1 Minister 57–72 29 Jun 1897 — 06 Oct 1911 14 3 7
 1. Customs [Privy Council]
 2. Customs

Electoral history

Races 12  
Path points 12  
4 documented challengers
⊖ William F. Cockshutt  m 
⊖ Robert Henry  m 
 		 ⊖ John H. Fisher  m 
⊖ Francis Hincks  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,494 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18516(F) — 25 Jun 2023 15:16 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
LIB
 1/2 1,378 55.25% +262 Loser:
LC
 1,116 44.75% Francis Hincks
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 34
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 3,920 Votes: 2,482 Participation: 63.32% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18748(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/2 1,463 58.94% +444 Loser:
IND
 1,019 41.06% Alfred Watts

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,427 Votes: 2,838 Participation: 64.11% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19034(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 1,496 53.54% +198 Loser:
IND
 1,298 46.46% Alfred Watts

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,770 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19230(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 1,473 53.18% +176 Loser:
IND
 1,297 46.82% Alfred Watts

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,886 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19434(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 2,230 57.39% +574 Loser:
CONS
 1,656 42.61% William F. Cockshutt

Service: 4 years 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,384 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19786(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 1,963 58.01% +542 Loser:
CONS
 1,421 41.99% Peter H. Cox

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,985 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20074(F) — 22 Jan 2022 21:07 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 2/2 2,447 49.09% -91 Winner:
CONS
 2,538 50.91% Robert Henry
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,256 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
25 August 1896
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20241(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 2,840 54.03% +424 Loser:
CONS
 2,416 45.97% James McLaughlin

Service: 4 years 2 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,020 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20408(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 2,059 68.18% +1,098 Loser:
CONS
 961 31.82% S. Alfred Jones

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,227 Votes: 2,812 Participation: 66.52% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20576(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/2 1,628 58.44% +470 Loser:
IND
 1,158 41.56% Adam G. Ludlow

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,376 Votes: 3,386 Participation: 77.38% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Ontario
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20843(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/2 1,799 53.65% +245 Loser:
CONS
 1,554 46.35% John P. Noonan

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,461 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Ontario
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21071(F) — 23 Jan 2022 18:11 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
72
LIB
 2/2 1,666 48.14% -129 Winner:
CONS
 1,795 51.86% John H. Fisher

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. William Paterson, P.C., M.P.		 08 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. William Paterson, C.P., député		 08 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Paterson (Canadian politician)		 08 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
William Paterson (homme politique canadien)		 08 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Sep 2023 06:23 (but data presented dynamically)

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