Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → W. Floyd Gilliland

♂ W. Floyd Gilliland
aliasW. Floyd Gilliland
Record
23061 · 8375

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 5 0 5
Birth 17 December 1890 → 133 years + 4 months ago
Lived 70 years + 8 months
First mandate 8 August 1944 → 79 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 7 months
Death 5 September 1961 → 62 years + 7 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

W. Floyd Gilliland (1890–1961)
No image available
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 17 0 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Eld J. (Eddie) Martin  m 
 
 
Eligible: 7,528 Votes: 4,724 Participation: 62.75% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
10		 Alberta
8 August 1944
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27924(F) — 6 Mar 2022 17:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
SC
 1/4 2,503 54.01% +1,563 Loser:
CCF
 940 20.28% J.W. Eastman

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,147 Votes: 5,611 Participation: 61.34% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Alberta
17 August 1948
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27978(F) — 6 Mar 2022 21:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
SC
 1/3 3,191 62.48% +2,104 Loser:
CCF
 1,087 21.28% Albert V. Bossert

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,738 Votes: 6,213 Participation: 57.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 Alberta
5 August 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28029(F) — 7 Mar 2022 10:41 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
SC
 1/3 3,352 58.37% +2,138 Loser:
LIB
 1,214 21.14% Peter Dechant

Service: 2 years 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,927 Votes: 6,908 Participation: 63.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28082(F) — 7 Mar 2022 12:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
SC
 1/3 3,456 53.83% +1,272 Loser:
LIB
 2,184 34.02% J.W. Freeland

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,398 Votes: 4,723 Participation: 63.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28135(F) — 7 Mar 2022 14:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
SC
 1/3 2,864 60.88% +1,674 Loser:
PC
 1,190 25.30% Harold C. Sissons
After his election:
5 Sep 1961 70
SC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 2 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,398 Votes: 4,051 Participation: 54.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
14		 Alberta
26 October 1961
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28173(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
70		 Successor:
SC
 2,561 63.22% Euell F. (Monty) Montgomery

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Floyd Gilliland		 17 Mar 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
W. Floyd Gilliland		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Gilliland		 17 Mar 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Mar 2024 12:28 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.