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♂ William Wallace Burns McInnes
aliasWallace McInnes
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 4 5
British Columbia 3 2 5
Total 4 6 10
Birth 8 April 1871 → 153 years ago
Lived 83 years + 3 months
First mandate 23 June 1896 → 127 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 25 years + 2 months
Death 4 August 1954 → 69 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 49 years + 2 months after 20 May 1905
Special notes
None
 
William Wallace Burns McInnes (1871–1954)
© Photo 1898 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Thomas R. McInnes (1840–1904) Father  
 
Well that's interesting!
A member of Parliament for British Columbia for nearly four years and an MLA for nearly five years, McInnes had entered the University of Toronto at the age of 14 and graduated in 1889, the youngest graduate to that date. He was appointed to the office of Commissioner in the Yukon Territory on May 27, 1905, and was said to be one of the most popular politicians in the Yukon in the early 1900s.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 10 18
British Columbia 4 10 25 Z
TOTAL 8 9 13

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 12  
20 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Bowser  m 
⊖ Herbert S. Clements  m 
⊖ John W.D. Farris  m 
⊖ Andrew Haslam  m 
⊖ Eugene T. Kingsley  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph Martin  m 
⊖ Robert P. McLennan  m 
⊖ William A. Pritchard  m 
⊖ Henry H. Stevens  m 
⊖ Robert G. Tatlow  m 
 		 ⊖ John Bryden  m 
⊖ George H. Cowan  m 
⊖ James F. Garden  m 
⊖ Alexander Henderson  m 
⊖ Alexander H.B. MacGowan  m 
⊖ George A. McGuire  m 
⊖ Thomas Menzies  m 
⊖ Alfred Speakman  m 
⊖ Hugh Stewart  m 
⊖ Parker Williams  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,490 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
8		 British Columbia
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20025(F) — 22 Jan 2022 18:11 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
25
LIB
 1/3 1,020 40.96% +197 Loser:
CONS
 823 33.05% Andrew Haslam
After his election:
12 May 1900 29
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran provincially
Service: 3 years 10 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 826 Votes: 506 Participation: 61.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28811(F) — 23 Jul 2023 22:28 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
IND
 1/3 238 47.04% +43 Loser:
OPPO
 195 38.54% John Bryden
After his election:
10 Jun 1900 29
IND
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
1 Dec 1902 31
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 years 5 months 22 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,956 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
9		 British Columbia
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20280(F) — 28 Aug 2022 22:23 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
29		 Successor:
LLAB
 1,256 42.49% Ralph Smith
Eligible: 826 Votes: 418 Participation: 50.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
15 December 1902
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28838(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
GOV
 1/2 263 62.92% +108 Loser:
SP
 155 37.08% Parker Williams

Service: 8 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 546 Votes: 422 Participation: 77.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
5 September 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28841(F) — 2 Mar 2022 22:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
LIB
 1/2 320 75.83% +218 Loser:
LC
 102 24.17% Robert H.F. Hickey
After his election:
20 May 1905 34
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 8 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 546 Votes: 458 Participation: 83.88% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
22 July 1905
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28876(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
34		 Successor:
LC
 254 55.46% William Manson
Eligible: 9,747 Votes: 30,173 Participation: 61.91% Candidacies: 17
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
1 February 1907
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28910(F) — 19 Jan 2024 08:09 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 8/17 2,233 37.00% -761 Winner:
LC
 2,994 49.61% George A. McGuire
Eligible: 11,140 Votes: 11,136 Participation: 99.96% Candidacies: 4
Federal
11		 British Columbia
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20788(F) — 19 Sep 2022 13:12 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
37
LIB
 2/4 3,039 27.69% -1,582 Winner:
CONS
 4,621 42.11% George H. Cowan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,814 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 British Columbia
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21280(F) — 5 Jul 2023 11:41 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
46
LL
 2/2 2,162 37.19% -1,490 Winner:
UNIO
 3,652 62.81% Herbert S. Clements
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,257 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
13		 British Columbia
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21284(F) — 5 Jul 2023 12:03 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
46
LL
 2/3 5,543 27.36% -8,179 Winner:
UNIO
 13,722 67.74% Henry H. Stevens
Eligible: 5,998 Votes: 4,124 Participation: 68.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
15		 British Columbia
1 December 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29208(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
49
ILIB
 4/4 731 17.73% -623 Winner:
PP
 1,354 32.83% Thomas Menzies
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,700 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Alberta
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21533(F) — 10 Sep 2022 20:09 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
50
LIB
 3/3 2,207 14.06% -8,642 Winner:
UFA
 10,849 69.10% Alfred Speakman

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
William Wallace Burns McInnes		 17 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
McInnes, William Wallace Burns		 17 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Wallace Burns McInnes, M.P.		 17 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Wallace Burns McInnes, député		 17 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
William Wallace Burns McInnes		 17 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Wallace Burns McInnes		 17 Apr 2024

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