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♂ Harold W.H. Riley
aliasHarold W.H. Riley
Record
52673 · 7995

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 1 2
Birth 15 December 1877 → 146 years + 4 months ago
Lived 68 years
First mandate 31 October 1911 → 112 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 10 months
Death 1 January 1946 → 78 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 9 months after 24 March 1913
Special notes
None
 
Harold W.H. Riley (1877–1946) 200x243
© Photo c.1910 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Ezra H. Riley (1866–1937) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 1 4 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ George Lane  m 
 		 ⊖ John P. McArthur  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,434 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
31 October 1911
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27464(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
CONS
 1/2 1,370 56.29% +306 Loser:
LIB
 1,064 43.71% John P. McArthur

Service: 1 year 4 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,081 Votes: 641 Participation: 59.30% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27513(F) — 5 Mar 2022 15:45 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
35
CONS
 2/2 245 38.22% -151 Winner:
LIB
 396 61.78% George Lane

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Harold W.H. Riley		 08 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Harold William Hounsfield Riley		 08 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Jan 2024 20:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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