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♂ William A. Rae
aliasWilliam A. Rae
Record
51364 · 8063

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Alberta 1 2 3
Total 1 3 4
Birth 3 May 1875 → 149 years ago
Lived 68 years
First mandate 7 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 1 month
Death 5 May 1943 → 80 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 9 months after 17 July 1921
Special notes
None
 

William A. Rae (1875–1943)
No image available
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 1 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William F. Bredin  m 
⊖ Alphaeus Patterson  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald M. Kennedy  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 1,166 Votes: 962 Participation: 82.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
3		 Alberta
2 September 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27495(F) — 5 Mar 2022 15:57 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 2/3 437 45.57% -38 Winner:
CONS
 475 49.53% Alphaeus Patterson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,169 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27565(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 1,994 62.92% +1,282 Loser:
CONS
 712 22.47% D.H. Minchin

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,468 Votes: 5,250 Participation: 70.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27628(F) — 5 Mar 2022 20:18 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LIB
 2/3 1,336 25.45% -1,955 Winner:
UFA
 3,291 62.69% Donald M. Kennedy
Eligible: 21,600 Votes: 11,899 Participation: 55.09% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Alberta
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 22029(F) — 26 Jun 2023 07:39 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
50
LIB
 3/3 3,944 33.15% -42 Winner:
PROG
 3,986 33.50% Donald M. Kennedy

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Archibald Rae		 11 Jan 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
William A. Rae		 11 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Archibald Rae		 11 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Jan 2024 07:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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