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♂ William Benjamin Bashford
aliasWilliam Bashford
Record
2963 · 9356

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 0 2
Birth 1 July 1872 → 151 years + 10 months ago
Lived 83 years + 3 months
First mandate 25 June 1914 → 109 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 11 months
Death 20 October 1955 → 68 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 4 months after 8 June 1921
Special notes
None
 

William Benjamin Bashford (1872–1955)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 6 11 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 2,166 Votes: 1,952 Participation: 90.12% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Saskatchewan
25 June 1914
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31180(F) — 26 Jul 2023 22:53 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 1,115 57.12% +278 Loser:
CONS
 837 42.88% George Braden

Service: 3 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,779 Votes: 2,388 Participation: 49.97% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31223(F) — 26 Jul 2023 22:53 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 1,865 78.10% +1,342 Loser:
CONS
 523 21.90% George Braden

Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Saskatchewan
9 June 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31286(F) — 9 Mar 2022 12:26 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. John M. Uhrich

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Benjamin Bashford		 28 Apr 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Bashford, William Benjamin 1872 – 1955 (p. 2)		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Benjamin Bashford		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 16:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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