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♂ Harold Wigmore McGill
aliasHarold Wigmore McGill
Record
41280 · 8277

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 0 1
Birth 21 December 1879 → 144 years + 4 months ago
Lived 81 years + 6 months
First mandate 19 June 1930 → 93 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 5 months
Death 3 July 1961 → 62 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 8 months after 13 October 1932
Special notes
None
 
Harold Wigmore McGill (1879–1961)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Calgary, Alberta (1926–1930)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 2 3 25 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
6 documented challengers
⊖ John J. Bowlen  m 
⊖ John Irwin  m 
⊖ George H. Webster  m 
 		 ⊖ Hugh C. Farthing  m 
⊖ Robert H. Parkyn  m 
⊖ Fred J. White  m 
 
Eligible: 43,217 Votes: 24,981 Participation: 57.80% Candidacies: 13
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27724(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:49 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
CONS
 6/13 1,634 6.69% +90 Loser:
IND
 1,544 6.32% Robert H. Parkyn
After his election:
13 Oct 1932 52
CONS
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 years 3 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,217 Votes: 27,831 Participation: 64.40% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 January 1933
By-Election
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27776(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
IND
 12,532 45.03% Norman Hindsley

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Dr. Harold W. McGill		 13 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Harold McGill		 13 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Mar 2024 21:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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