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♂ William Aberhart
aliasWilliam Aberhart
Record
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Evangelical   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 0 2
Birth 30 December 1878 → 145 years + 3 months ago
Lived 64 years + 4 months
First mandate 4 November 1935 → 88 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 10 months
Death 23 May 1943 → 80 years + 11 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
William Aberhart (1878–1943)
© Photo 1937 — 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 6 16 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 8–9
SC
 1 Party leader 56–64 03 Sep 1935 — 23 May 1943 7 8 20
2. AB 8–9
SC
 1 Premier 56–64 03 Sep 1935 — 23 May 1943 7 8 20

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Frederick Anderson  m 
⊖ Andrew Davison  m 
⊖ James C. Mahaffy  m 
⊖ Fred J. White  m 
 		 ⊖ John J. Bowlen  m 
⊖ Edith H. Gostick  f 
⊖ Joseph T. Shaw  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
8		 Alberta
4 November 1935
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27832(F) — 5 Nov 2022 00:09 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
56
SC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 4 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 59,338 Votes: 45,393 Participation: 78.69% Candidacies: 13
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27843(F) — 25 Oct 2023 06:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
61
SC
 4/13 12,122 26.40% +9,276 Loser:
CCF
 2,846 6.20% Fred J. White
After his election:
23 May 1943 64
SC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 3 years 2 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 62,807 Votes: 40,826 Participation: 65.00% Candidacies: 19
Provincial
10		 Alberta
8 August 1944
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27902(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
64		 Successor:
CCF
 3,560 9.06% Aylmer J.E. Liesemer

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
William Aberhart		 28 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Aberhart		 28 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
William Aberhart		 28 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jan 2024 23:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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