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♂ William H. Hicks
aliasWilliam H. Hicks
Record
27410 · 7204

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 12 November 1888 → 135 years + 5 months ago
Lived 85 years + 6 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 69 years + 4 months
Death 14 May 1974 → 49 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 10 months after 17 June 1962
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 4 2 17

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William L. Hartley  m 
⊖ Erhart Regier  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexander B. Patterson  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 39,054 Votes: 31,506 Participation: 80.67% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 British Columbia
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24243(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
69
PC
 1/4 13,890 44.09% +6,476 Loser:
SC
 7,414 23.53% Alexander B. Patterson

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 35,785 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24520(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
73
PC
 3/4 8,562 23.93% -1,408 Winner:
SC
 9,970 27.86% Alexander B. Patterson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 38,193 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
26		 British Columbia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24784(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
74
PC
 4/5 7,500 19.64% -4,000 Winner:
SC
 11,500 30.11% Alexander B. Patterson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Harold Hicks, M.P.		 14 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Harold Hicks, député		 14 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Harold Hicks		 14 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Aug 2023 00:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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