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♂ William Charles Simmons
aliasWilliam Simmons
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Alberta 1 0 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 28 February 1865 → 159 years + 2 months ago
Lived 91 years + 5 months
First mandate 12 April 1906 → 118 years + 17 days ago
↳ at age 41 years + 1 month
Death 26 August 1956 → 67 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 47 years + 10 months after 28 September 1908
Special notes
None
 
William Charles Simmons (1865–1956)
© Photo 1920 Provincial Archives of Alberta — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
When Simmons died on August 26, 1956, at the age of 91, he was the last surviving member of the first Alberta assembly that ran from late 1905 to early 1909. A Liberal, he was elected in a by-election in early 1906, but he resigned to run (unsuccessfully) in the autumn 1908 federal general election. Appointed judge in 1910, he lived nearly 48 years after leaving politics.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 2 5 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles A. Magrath  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,237 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
1		 Alberta
12 April 1906
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27412(F) — 5 Mar 2022 13:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 543 43.90% +80 Loser:
LAB
 463 37.43% T.H. Sherman
After his election:
28 Sep 1908 43
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 2 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,605 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Alberta
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20996(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 2/2 2,570 46.80% -352 Winner:
CONS
 2,922 53.20% Charles A. Magrath
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Alberta
8 January 1909
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27415(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
LAB
 Acclam. Donald McNabb

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
William C. Simmons		 15 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Simmons (politician)		 15 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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