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♂ William Henry Cushing
aliasWilliam Henry Cushing
Record
13978 · 7958

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 0 2
Birth 21 August 1852 → 171 years + 8 months ago
Lived 81 years + 5 months
First mandate 9 November 1905 → 118 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 2 months
Death 25 January 1934 → 90 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 9 months after 16 April 1913
Special notes
None
 
William Henry Cushing (1852–1934)
© Photo c.1905 — 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 7 5 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Richard B. Bennett  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Egbert  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas H. Blow  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,430 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27389(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 1,030 42.39% +37 Loser:
CONS
 993 40.86% Richard B. Bennett

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,589 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27418(F) — 5 Mar 2022 14:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/5 2,579 53.79% +646 Loser:
LIB
 1,933 40.31% William Egbert

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,766 Votes: 2,292 Participation: 60.86% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27474(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
CONS
 1,564 68.24% Thomas M.M. Tweedie

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
William H. Cushing		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Henry Cushing		 17 Mar 2024

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