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♂ William M. Hamilton
aliasWilliam M. Hamilton
Record
25667 · 7768

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 23 February 1919 → 105 years + 2 months ago
Lived 70 years + 3 months
First mandate 10 August 1953 → 70 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 5 months
Death 7 June 1989 → 34 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 11 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 8 10 4

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 23–24
PC
 1 Minister 38–43 21 Jun 1957 — 12 Jul 1962 5 0 21
 1. Post Office

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Edmund T. Asselin  m 
 		 ⊖ Frederick P. Whitman  m 
 
Eligible: 54,200 Votes: 33,767 Participation: 62.30% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 Québec
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23880(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
34
PC
 1/3 16,690 49.91% +1,123 Loser:
LIB
 15,567 46.55% Frederick P. Whitman

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 58,990 Votes: 43,463 Participation: 73.68% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24166(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/3 24,517 56.86% +6,966 Loser:
LIB
 17,551 40.71% George S. Mooney

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 58,990 Votes: 44,843 Participation: 76.02% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24432(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/3 27,145 60.53% +10,973 Loser:
LIB
 16,172 36.06% Kenneth C. MacKay

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,434 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24709(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
PC
 2/4 18,033 39.69% -4,047 Winner:
LIB
 22,080 48.60% Edmund T. Asselin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. William McLean Hamilton, P.C., O.C., M.P.		 29 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. William McLean Hamilton, C.P., O.C., député		 29 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
William McLean Hamilton		 29 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William McLean Hamilton		 29 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Sep 2023 08:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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