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♂ William G. McQuarrie
aliasWilliam G. McQuarrie
Record
42584 · 6538

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Birth 26 July 1876 → 147 years + 9 months ago
Lived 66 years + 10 months
First mandate 17 December 1917 → 106 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 4 months
Death 30 May 1943 → 80 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 10 months after 27 July 1930
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 12 7 6

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Rose Mary L. Henderson (Wills)  f 
⊖ William A. Pritchard  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexander D. McRae  m 
⊖ Thomas Reid  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,262 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 British Columbia
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
 NLCP  10 Jul 1920
ID: 21283(F) — 5 Jul 2023 12:00 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
UNIO
 1/2 7,380 71.92% +4,498 Loser:
LL
 2,882 28.08% Alexander D. McRae
After his election:
10 Jul 1920 43
UNIO
 →
NLCP
 Change of government (remained in government)
Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,701 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 British Columbia
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21542(F) — 5 Jul 2023 17:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
NLCP
 1/3 5,520 43.46% +1,821 Loser:
LAB
 3,699 29.12% Richard P. Pettipiece
After his election:
16 Mar 1922 45
NLCP
 →
LC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,419 Votes: 18,032 Participation: 77.00% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 British Columbia
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21813(F) — 26 Jun 2023 19:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LC
 1/3 7,714 42.78% +701 Loser:
LIB
 7,013 38.89% Arthur W. Gray
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 49
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 23,419 Votes: 18,541 Participation: 79.17% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 British Columbia
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22063(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LC
 1/3 8,624 46.51% +2,240 Loser:
LIB
 6,384 34.43% Charles C. Knight

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 32,647 Votes: 23,795 Participation: 72.89% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 British Columbia
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22337(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LC
 2/2 10,502 44.14% -2,791 Winner:
LIB
 13,293 55.86% Thomas Reid

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Garland McQuarrie, M.P.		 02 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Garland McQuarrie, député		 02 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Garland McQuarrie		 02 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Sep 2023 12:00 (but data presented dynamically)

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