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♂ William Hector Payne
aliasWilliam Payne
Record
48600 · 7617

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 5 July 1914 → 109 years + 10 months ago
Lived 74 years + 9 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 43 years + 8 months
Death 18 April 1989 → 35 years ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 10 months after 17 June 1962
Special notes
None
 
William Hector Payne (1914–1989)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William E. Payne (1878–1943) Father  
 

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  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John (Jack) Davis  m 
 		 ⊖ James Sinclair  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 54,512 Votes: 42,426 Participation: 77.83% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 British Columbia
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23974(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
42
PC
 2/4 11,643 27.63% -4,800 Winner:
LIB
 16,443 39.02% James Sinclair
Eligible: 54,512 Votes: 44,487 Participation: 81.61% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 British Columbia
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24240(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
PC
 1/4 19,343 43.48% +1,932 Loser:
LIB
 17,411 39.14% James Sinclair

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 51,163 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24517(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
PC
 2/4 11,966 23.39% -11,617 Winner:
LIB
 23,583 46.09% John (Jack) Davis

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Hector Payne, M.P.		 14 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Hector Payne, député		 14 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Hector Payne		 14 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 May 2024 23:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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