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♂ William P. MacLachlan
aliasWilliam P. MacLachlan
Record
38206 · 9335

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 5 April 1878 → 146 years ago
Lived 49 years + 2 months
First mandate 2 June 1925 → 98 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 1 month
Death 27 June 1927 → 96 years + 10 months ago
Died in office Yes
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 2 0 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Ira E. Argue  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur J. Lewis  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,229 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Saskatchewan
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21751(F) — 16 Sep 2023 19:48 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 2/3 4,223 26.02% -5,625 Winner:
PROG
 9,848 60.68% Arthur J. Lewis
Eligible: 6,771 Votes: 3,800 Participation: 56.12% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31354(F) — 16 Sep 2023 19:51 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 2,480 65.26% +1,160 Loser:
PROG
 1,320 34.74% John F. Byce
After his election:
27 Jun 1927 49
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,771 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
15 August 1927
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31443(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
49		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Duncan M. Robertson

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Paris MacLACHLAN		 16 Sep 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
MacLachlan, William Paris 1878 – 1927 (p. 23)		 16 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Paris MacLachlan		 16 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Sep 2023 19:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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