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♂ William T. Finlay
aliasWilliam T. Finlay
Record
19815 · 7956

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 0 2
North-Western Territories 1 1 2
Total 3 1 4
Birth 12 July 1853 → 170 years + 9 months ago
Lived 60 years + 9 months
First mandate 21 May 1902 → 121 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 10 months
Death 9 May 1914 → 109 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 11 months after 6 June 1910
Special notes
None
 
William T. Finlay (1853–1914) 200x210
© Photo 1910 — 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
Alberta 4 6 25 Z
North-Western Territories 3 3 10 Z
TOTAL 7 10 6

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Horace A. Greeley  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 896 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Territorial
4		 North-Western Territories
4 November 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30555(F) — 7 Oct 2023 11:59 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
IND
 2/3 285 31.81% -42 Winner:
IND
 327 36.50% Horace A. Greeley
Eligible: inc. Votes: 691 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
5		 North-Western Territories
21 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Majority
ID: 30588(F) — 21 Jul 2021 17:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LICO
 1/2 486 70.33% +281 Loser:
IND
 205 29.67% Joseph A. Grant

Service: 3 years 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,112 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27399(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 575 51.71% +38 Loser:
CONS
 537 48.29% F.D. Sissions

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,119 Votes: 1,749 Participation: 82.54% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27428(F) — 5 Mar 2022 14:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 1,249 71.66% +755 Loser:
CONS
 494 28.34% F.D. Sissions
After his election:
6 Jun 1910 56
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,804 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
29 June 1910
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27459(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 1,134 62.86% Charles R. Mitchell

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
William T. Finlay		 28 Dec 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 13, 16, 27)		 28 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Finlay		 28 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Dec 2023 18:28 (but data presented dynamically)

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