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♂ William Albert Atkinson
aliasTiny Atkinson
Record
1811 · 8318

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 1 2
Birth 18 May 1876 → 147 years + 11 months ago
Lived 71 years + 11 months
First mandate 19 June 1930 → 93 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 1 month
Death 29 April 1948 → 76 years ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 8 months after 21 August 1935
Special notes
None
 

William Albert Atkinson (1876–1948)
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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 5 2 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
17 documented challengers
⊖ Samuel A.G. Barnes  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ David M. Duggan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ C. Lionel Gibbs  m 
⊖ William R. Howson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Orvis A. Kennedy  m 
⊖ John F. Lymburn  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ David B. Mullen  m 
⊖ Warren W. Prevey  m 
⊖ Charles Y. Weaver  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph A. Clarke  m 
⊖ John W. Findlay  m 
⊖ William S. Hall  m 
⊖ Frederick C. Jamieson  m 
⊖ Jan Lakeman  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Walter Morrish  m 
⊖ C. Gerald O'Connor  m 
⊖ George H. Van Allen  m 
 
Eligible: 39,209 Votes: 21,879 Participation: 55.80% Candidacies: 17
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27732(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:57 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
CONS
 6/17 1,786 8.43% +455 Loser:
LIB
 1,331 6.28% Warren W. Prevey

Service: 5 years 2 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 49,212 Votes: 38,052 Participation: 77.32% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27792(F) — 13 Jan 2024 13:43 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
CONS
 12/27 1,220 3.27% 104 Winner:
LIB
 1,116 2.99% C. Gerald O'Connor

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Dr William Albert "Tiny" Atkinson		 28 Apr 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Dr. William A. 'Tiny' Atkinson		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Albert Atkinson		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 14:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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