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♂ William Sharpe
aliasWilliam Sharpe
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 1 2
Birth 22 September 1887 → 136 years + 7 months ago
Lived 77 years + 2 months
First mandate 22 August 1935 → 88 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 11 months
Death 24 November 1964 → 59 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 8 months after 20 March 1940
Special notes
None
 

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 6 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Hugh W. Allen  m 
 		 ⊖ Lewis J. O'Brien  m 
 
Eligible: 10,317 Votes: 7,802 Participation: 75.62% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27796(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
SC
 1/4 2,741 37.04% +354 Loser:
LIB
 2,387 32.25% W.J. Thomson

Service: 4 years 6 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,328 Votes: 4,454 Participation: 70.39% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27856(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
SC
 2/3 1,556 36.80% -442 Winner:
INDM
 1,998 47.26% Lewis J. O'Brien

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
William Sharpe		 05 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Sharpe (Alberta politician)		 05 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Sep 2023 11:57 (but data presented dynamically)

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