Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

William Wallace
aliasWilliam Wallace
Record
63793 · 5159

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 75%
 
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 4 February 1820 → 204 years + 2 months ago
Lived 67 years + 6 months
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 5 months
Death 28 August 1887 → 136 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 2 months after 19 June 1882
Special notes
None
 
William Wallace (1820–1887) 200x323
© Photo — Public domain
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 9 0 3

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
Henry W. Allan  m 
John Stuart  m 
 
Joseph Jackson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,306 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2
Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18558(F) — 25 Jun 2023 17:05 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
52
CONS
1/2 1,208 52.39% +110 Loser:
IND
1,098 47.61% H.J. Killmaster
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 53
CONS
LIB
Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,967 Votes: 2,373 Participation: 79.98% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3
Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18793(F) — 20 Jan 2022 22:55 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53
Successor:
LIB
1,233 51.96% John Stuart
Eligible: 2,967 Votes: 2,646 Participation: 89.18% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3
Ontario
16 December 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18929(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
→ Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
54
CONS
1/2 1,402 52.99% +158 Loser:
LIB
1,244 47.01% John Stuart

Service:
3 years 9 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,545 Votes: 2,676 Participation: 75.49% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4
Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19079(F) — 21 Jan 2022 19:51 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
CONS
1/2 1,327 50.32% +17 Loser:
LIB
1,310 49.68% Henry W. Allan

Service:
3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,094 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5
Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19275(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
CONS
2/2 1,534 49.58% -26 Winner:
LIB
1,560 50.42% Joseph Jackson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Wallace
25 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Wallace
25 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Wallace (Canadian politician)
25 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
William Wallace (homme politique ontarien)
25 Nov 2023


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Nov 2023 09:23 (but data presented dynamically)