Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
♂ William Plaxton
aliasWilliam Plaxton
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate |
Deceased |
Performance: 50%
| |
✓ |
✗ |
∑ |
| North-Western Territories |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
| Birth |
c. 1843 → 181 years ago |
| Lived |
± 64 years |
| First mandate |
30 June 1888 → 135 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 45 years |
| Death |
c. 1907 → 117 years ago |
| Exit → Death |
± 15 years + 1 month after 6 November 1891 |
| Special notes |
None
|
William Plaxton (c.1843–c.1907)
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 |
| North-Western Territories |
3 |
4 |
6 |
Z |
| Eligible: |
inc. |
Votes: |
1,012 |
Participation: |
inc. |
Candidacies: |
3 |
|
Territorial
1 |
North-Western Territories
30 June 1888
General
Plurality-at-large (2) |
| Gov't |
INDE  |
| ID: 30482(F) — 21 Jan 2023 12:02 ET |
|
✓ |
→ New to this legislature |
Age
±45 |
IND |
1/3 |
383 |
75.69% |
+76 |
Loser: |
IND |
307 |
60.67% |
Owen E. Hughes |
Service: 3 years 4 months 7 days (Oppo.) |
|
| Eligible: |
inc. |
Votes: |
306 |
Participation: |
inc. |
Candidacies: |
3 |
|
Territorial
2 |
North-Western Territories
7 November 1891
General
First-past-the-post |
| Gov't |
INDE |
| ID: 30511(F) — 21 Jan 2023 11:05 ET |
|
✗ |
Defeated incumbent → |
Age
±48 |
IND |
3/3 |
41 |
13.40% |
-118 |
Winner: |
IND |
159 |
51.96% |
John F. Betts |
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Online biographical references (2)
|
Retrieved on |
| EN |
Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 9, 19, 23, 30) |
28 Dec 2023 |
| EN |
Wikipedia
William Plaxton |
28 Dec 2023 |
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Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Dec 2023 22:04 (but data presented dynamically)
