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♂ William Laird
aliasWilliam Laird
Record
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Presbyterian   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 2 3
Birth 5 June 1835 → 188 years + 10 months ago
Lived 75 years + 8 months
First mandate 18 November 1908 → 115 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 73 years + 5 months
Death 13 February 1911 → 113 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 29 days after 15 January 1911
Special notes
None
 

William Laird (1835–1911)
No image available
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Alexander Laird (c. 1830–1896) Brother  
⊖ David Laird (1833–1914) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 2 1 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Donald Farquharson  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Donald McKay  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,476 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Prince Edward Island
9 April 1879
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26484(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 4/4 572 46.20% -35 Winner:
LIB
 607 49.03% Donald Farquharson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,200 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Prince Edward Island
8 May 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26499(F) — 6 Jan 2023 13:11 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
 3/4 812 50.75% -2 Winner:
LC
 814 50.88% Donald McKay
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,518 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25330(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:20 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
73
LIB
 1/2 822 54.15% +126 Loser:
CONS
 696 45.85% Thomas Doyle
After his election:
15 Jan 1911 75
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 1 month 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,607 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
8 February 1911
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25341(F) — 13 Jul 2023 00:51 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
75		 Successor:
LIB
 820 51.03% George W. McPhee

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Laird, William		 25 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
William Laird		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Laird (Canadian politician)		 25 Dec 2023

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