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♂ William F. Maclean
aliasWilliam F. Maclean
Record
38286 · 8657

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 9 2 11
Ontario 0 1 1
Total 9 3 12
Birth 10 August 1854 → 169 years + 8 months ago
Lived 75 years + 3 months
First mandate 11 May 1892 → 131 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 9 months
Death 7 December 1929 → 94 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 2 months after 13 September 1926
Special notes
None
 
William F. Maclean (1854–1929) 200x221
© Photo — Public domain
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
Canada 34 3 24

Electoral history

Races 12  
Path points 12  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Alexander J. Anderson  m 
⊖ Robert H. McGregor  m 
⊖ Newton W. Rowell  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexander Mackenzie  m 
⊖ James McMahon  m 
 
Eligible: 3,658 Votes: 2,655 Participation: 72.58% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33306(F) — 1 Sep 2023 18:44 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
35
LC
 2/2 1,181 44.57% -288 Winner:
LIB
 1,469 55.43% James McMahon
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,980 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19869(F) — 22 Jan 2022 15:32 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
36
ICON
 2/2 2,977 49.78% -26 Winner:
LIB
 3,003 50.22% Alexander Mackenzie
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
7		 Ontario
11 May 1892
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19981(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
ICON
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 1 month 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,811 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20157(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
ICON
 1/2 3,907 50.02% +3 Loser:
LIB
 3,904 49.98% Henry R. Frankland

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,620 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20411(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
ICON
 1/2 4,131 54.21% +642 Loser:
LIB
 3,489 45.79% Newton W. Rowell

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,564 Votes: 4,248 Participation: 64.72% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20662(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
ICON
 1/2 2,418 57.46% +628 Loser:
IND
 1,790 42.54% Alexander J. Anderson

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
11		 Ontario
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20925(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
ICON
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,095 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Ontario
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21153(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
ICON
 1/2 7,194 79.10% +5,293 Loser:
IND
 1,901 20.90% Louis F. Heyd

Service: 6 years 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,248 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21411(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
UNIO
 1/4 16,088 79.45% +14,023 Loser:
LL
 2,065 10.20% Alexander MacGregor

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,659 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21667(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
ICON
 1/3 10,368 47.87% +2,353 Loser:
LIB
 8,015 37.01% Alexander MacGregor

Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,125 Votes: 10,146 Participation: 48.03% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Ontario
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21938(F) — 26 Jun 2023 14:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
71
ICON
 1/3 7,762 76.50% +6,368 Loser:
LC
 1,394 13.74% Russell J. Reesor
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 71
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,125 Votes: 11,435 Participation: 54.13% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22190(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
72
ICON
 2/2 4,880 42.68% -1,675 Winner:
LC
 6,555 57.32% Robert H. McGregor

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Maclean, William Findlay		 19 Dec 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Maclean, William Findlay		 19 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Findlay Maclean, M.P.		 19 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Findlay Maclean, député		 19 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Findlay Maclean		 19 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Dec 2023 21:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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