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♂ William C. Speare
aliasWilliam C. Speare
Record
58153 · 8615

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 0 4
Birth 24 August 1915 → 108 years + 8 months ago
Lived 83 years + 9 months
First mandate 9 September 1957 → 66 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 42 years
Death 31 May 1999 → 24 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 7 months after 26 October 1966
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 9 1 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Hartley D. Dent  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,407 Votes: 4,686 Participation: 55.74% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
9 September 1957
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29872(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
SC
 1/4 2,294 49.25% +1,192 Loser:
LIB
 1,102 23.66% Felix R. Kohnke

Service: 3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,486 Votes: 7,670 Participation: 66.78% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29878(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
SC
 1/4 3,091 40.90% +1,018 Loser:
LIB
 2,073 27.43% Felix R. Kohnke

Service: 3 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,231 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29923(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
SC
 1/4 3,015 41.98% +1,464 Loser:
PC
 1,551 21.60% John A.V. Cade

Service: 2 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,638 Votes: 7,153 Participation: 61.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29965(F) — 4 Mar 2022 15:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
SC
 1/3 3,830 54.10% +1,300 Loser:
NDP
 2,530 35.74% Hartley D. Dent
After his election:
26 Oct 1966 51
SC
 →
Vac.
 To vacate the seat for someone else
Service: 1 month 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,638 Votes: 9,002 Participation: 77.35% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
28 November 1966
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30011(F) — 4 Mar 2022 15:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
SC
 4,189 46.78% Robert W. Bonner

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William C. Speare		 24 Aug 2023
FR Wikipédia
William Collins Speare		 24 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Aug 2023 08:16 (but data presented dynamically)

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