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♂ William S. Thair
aliasWilliam S. Thair
Record
60600 · 9147

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 3 0 3
Birth 20 February 1887 → 137 years + 2 months ago
Lived 79 years + 9 months
First mandate 15 June 1944 → 79 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 3 months
Death 28 November 1966 → 57 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 5 months after 19 June 1956
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
Saskatchewan 12 0 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ F. Alvin G. Hamilton  m 
 		 ⊖ Henry P. Mang  m 
 
Eligible: 7,067 Votes: 6,073 Participation: 85.93% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31643(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
CCF
 1/3 2,966 48.84% +1,079 Loser:
LIB
 1,887 31.07% James G. Knox

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,099 Votes: 6,843 Participation: 84.49% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
11		 Saskatchewan
24 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31696(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
CCF
 1/4 2,876 42.03% +656 Loser:
LIB
 2,220 32.44% Henry P. Mang

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,149 Votes: 6,023 Participation: 84.25% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
12		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1952
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31752(F) — 12 Oct 2021 22:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
CCF
 1/4 2,642 43.87% +939 Loser:
LIB
 1,703 28.27% Neil Scheurwater

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,862 Votes: 6,010 Participation: 87.58% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
13		 Saskatchewan
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31803(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
CCF
 2,193 36.49% Clifford H. Thurston

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Thair, William Sancho 1887 – 1966 (p. 37)		 17 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Sancho Thair		 17 Sep 2023

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