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♂ William Hunter
aliasWilliam Hunter
Record
28850 · 8506

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 2 6
Birth 28 September 1858 → 165 years + 7 months ago
Lived 80 years + 5 months
First mandate 1 February 1907 → 117 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 4 months
Death 8 March 1939 → 85 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 8 months after 19 June 1924
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
British Columbia 13 1 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William Davidson  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Charles F. Nelson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 813 Votes: 647 Participation: 79.58% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
5 September 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28862(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
44
LC
 2/2 289 44.67% -69 Winner:
LAB
 358 55.33% William Davidson
Eligible: 854 Votes: 393 Participation: 46.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
1 February 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28908(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LC
 1/3 193 49.11% +74 Loser:
SP
 119 30.28% William Davidson

Service: 2 years 9 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 801 Votes: 538 Participation: 67.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 British Columbia
25 November 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28947(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LC
 1/3 309 57.43% +137 Loser:
SP
 172 31.97% John W. Bennett

Service: 2 years 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 868 Votes: 571 Participation: 65.78% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
28 March 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28983(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LC
 1/2 373 65.32% +175 Loser:
SP
 198 34.68% Anthony Shilland

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,369 Votes: 895 Participation: 65.38% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29021(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LC
 2/2 447 49.94% -1 Winner:
LIB
 448 50.06% Charles F. Nelson
Eligible: 1,589 Votes: 1,367 Participation: 86.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 British Columbia
1 December 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29234(F) — 19 Sep 2022 23:05 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
62
LC
 1/3 568 41.55% +97 Loser:
LIB
 471 34.46% Charles F. Nelson

Service: 3 years 6 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,729 Votes: 2,043 Participation: 74.86% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29264(F) — 19 Sep 2022 23:57 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
LIB
 799 39.11% Charles S. Leary

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William Hunter (Canadian politician)		 17 Aug 2023

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