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♂ William Ernest Payne
aliasWilliam Payne
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 3 4
Birth 1 October 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
Lived 64 years + 6 months
First mandate 16 November 1931 → 92 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 1 month
Death 21 April 1943 → 81 years ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 8 months after 21 August 1935
Special notes
None
 
William Ernest Payne (1878–1943)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William H. Payne (1914–1989) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 3 9 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ John J. Gaetz  m 
⊖ George W. Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Alfred J. Hooke  m 
 
Eligible: 5,021 Votes: 3,541 Participation: 70.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27700(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
CONS
 2/3 1,329 39.09% -121 Winner:
UFA
 1,450 42.65% George W. Smith
Eligible: 5,654 Votes: 4,320 Participation: 76.41% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27754(F) — 6 Mar 2022 08:36 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
51
CONS
 2/2 2,056 48.95% -88 Winner:
UFA
 2,144 51.05% George W. Smith
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,906 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
7		 Alberta
16 November 1931
By-Election
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27774(F) — 29 Oct 2022 10:37 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
CONS
 1/4 1,651 42.27% +160 Loser:
UFA
 1,491 38.17% R.L. Gaetz

Service: 3 years 9 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,049 Votes: 6,037 Participation: 85.64% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27814(F) — 6 Mar 2022 12:46 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
CONS
 4/5 612 10.41% -2,953 Winner:
SC
 3,565 60.65% Alfred J. Hooke

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
William E. Payne, KC		 14 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Ernest Payne		 14 Jan 2024

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