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♂ William Richards Bennett
aliasBill Bennett
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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British Columbia 4 0 4
Birth 14 April 1932 → 92 years ago
Lived 83 years + 7 months
First mandate 7 September 1973 → 50 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 4 months
Death 3 December 2015 → 8 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 1 month after 21 October 1986
Special notes
None
 
William Richards Bennett (1932–2015)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ W.A. Cecil (W.A.C.) Bennett (1900–1979) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 13 1 11 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 30–33
SC
 1 Party leader 41–54 24 Nov 1973 — 29 Jul 1986 12 8 5
2. BC 30
SC
 1 Opposition Leader 41–43 24 Nov 1973 — 10 Dec 1975 2 0 16
3. BC 31–33
SC
 1 Premier 43–54 11 Dec 1975 — 05 Aug 1986 10 7 25

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Brian C. Taylor  m 
 
 
Eligible: 33,334 Votes: 24,773 Participation: 74.32% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
30		 British Columbia
7 September 1973
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 30113(F) — 4 Mar 2022 19:39 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
SC
 1/6 9,726 39.47% +3,336 Loser:
NDP
 6,390 25.93% Bryan P. McIver

Service: 2 years 3 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 42,558 Votes: 32,762 Participation: 76.98% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 British Columbia
11 December 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30151(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
43
SC
 1/4 17,918 55.04% +7,067 Loser:
NDP
 10,851 33.33% Hugh D. Dendy

Service: 3 years 4 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,946 Votes: 33,236 Participation: 73.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 British Columbia
10 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30203(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
47
SC
 1/3 20,552 62.45% +9,671 Loser:
NDP
 10,881 33.06% Hugh D. Dendy

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 53,430 Votes: 42,333 Participation: 79.23% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
5 May 1983
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35813(F) — 9 Feb 2024 14:37 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
51
SC
 1/5 27,647 66.05% +14,788 Loser:
NDP
 12,859 30.72% Brian C. Taylor

Service: 3 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 54,353 Votes: 81,028 Participation: 74.54% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35865(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
SC
 23,380 58.50% Larry Chalmers

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Bill Bennett		 24 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Bill Bennett		 24 Apr 2024

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