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♂ William Samuel Hall
aliasWilliam Samuel Hall
Record
25457 · 7894

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Alberta 0 1 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 8 November 1871 → 152 years + 5 months ago
Lived 66 years + 2 months
First mandate 14 October 1935 → 88 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 63 years + 11 months
Death 26 January 1938 → 86 years + 3 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
William Samuel Hall (1871–1938)
© Photo 1936 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
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 2 3 13

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
14 documented challengers
⊖ William A. Atkinson  m 
⊖ David M. Duggan  m 
⊖ William R. Howson  m 
⊖ Orvis A. Kennedy  m 
⊖ John F. Lymburn  m 
⊖ David B. Mullen  m 
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m 
 		 ⊖ Samuel A.G. Barnes  m 
⊖ John W. Findlay  m 
⊖ Frederick C. Jamieson  m 
⊖ Jan Lakeman  m 
⊖ Walter Morrish  m 
⊖ C. Gerald O'Connor  m 
⊖ George H. Van Allen  m 
 
Eligible: 49,212 Votes: 38,052 Participation: 77.32% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27792(F) — 13 Jan 2024 13:43 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
63
SC
 7/27 2,818 7.56% 1,702 Winner:
LIB
 1,116 2.99% C. Gerald O'Connor
Eligible: 24,956 Votes: 16,212 Participation: 64.96% Candidacies: 6
Federal
18		 Alberta
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22594(F) — 25 Jan 2022 21:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
63
SC
 1/6 5,721 35.29% +832 Loser:
LIB
 4,889 30.16% George B. McLeod
After his election:
26 Jan 1938 66
SC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 3 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 24,956 Votes: 20,290 Participation: 81.30% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Alberta
21 March 1938
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22850(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
66		 Successor:
SC
 9,904 48.81% Orvis A. Kennedy

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Samuel Hall		 19 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Samuel Hall		 19 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Samuel Hall		 19 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Mar 2024 18:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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