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♂ William James Arthurs
aliasJim Arthurs
Record
1619 · 9276

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Saskatchewan 1 0 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth c. 1888 → 136 years ago
Lived ± 83 years
First mandate 15 June 1944 → 79 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 56 years
Death 14 July 1971 → 52 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 21 days after 23 June 1948
Special notes
None
 

William James Arthurs (c.1888–1971)
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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 0 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James G. Gardiner  m 
 
 
Eligible: 9,624 Votes: 9,010 Participation: 93.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31647(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±56
CCF
 1/3 4,575 50.78% +961 Loser:
LIB
 3,614 40.11% Lionel Stilborn

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,998 Votes: 11,006 Participation: 84.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Saskatchewan
24 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31700(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±60		 Successor:
LIB
 5,302 48.17% V. Patrick Deshaye
Eligible: 22,221 Votes: 19,092 Participation: 85.92% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Saskatchewan
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23610(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±61
CCF
 2/3 6,388 33.67% -4,732 Winner:
LIB
 11,120 58.61% James G. Gardiner

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Jim Arthurs		 28 Apr 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Arthurs, William James 1888 – 1971 (p. 1)		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William James Arthurs		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 13:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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