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♂ William W. Davidson
aliasWilliam W. Davidson
Record
14557 · 9187

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 1 2
Birth 30 November 1858 → 165 years + 5 months ago
Lived 77 years + 5 months
First mandate 11 July 1912 → 111 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 7 months
Death 24 May 1936 → 87 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 10 months after 25 June 1917
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 4 11 14 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas E. Gamble  m 
 
 
Eligible: 4,217 Votes: 1,635 Participation: 38.77% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Saskatchewan
11 July 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31173(F) — 16 Sep 2023 10:02 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
CONS
 1/2 825 50.46% +15 Loser:
LIB
 810 49.54% S.C. Wright

Service: 4 years 11 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,618 Votes: 3,125 Participation: 67.67% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31186(F) — 16 Sep 2023 10:02 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
CONS
 2/2 1,121 35.87% -883 Winner:
LIB
 2,004 64.13% Thomas E. Gamble

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Wallace Davidson		 16 Sep 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Davidson, William W. 1858 – 1936 (p. 8)		 16 Sep 2023

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