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♂ William O. Fraser
aliasWilliam O. Fraser
Record
21083 · 9381

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 1 3
Birth c. 1880 → 144 years ago
Lived ± 71 years
First mandate 26 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 37 years
Death c. 1951 → 73 years ago
Exit → Death ± 16 years + 6 months after 18 June 1934
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 8 11 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Richard Forsyth  m 
⊖ Jesse P. Tripp  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ H. Gordon Gallaway  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,369 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31228(F) — 16 Sep 2023 12:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±37
CONS
 1/2 1,905 56.54% +441 Loser:
LIB
 1,464 43.46% Richard Forsyth

Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,491 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Saskatchewan
9 June 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31293(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±41		 Successor:
CONS
 1,260 50.58% John P. Gordon
Eligible: 4,219 Votes: 3,524 Participation: 83.53% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 CONS  9 Sep 1929
ID: 31490(F) — 27 Oct 2023 21:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±49
CONS
 1/2 1,784 50.62% +44 Loser:
LIB
 1,740 49.38% Jesse P. Tripp
After his election:
9 Sep 1929 ±49
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 5 years 12 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 8,612 Votes: 7,711 Participation: 89.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31555(F) — 16 Sep 2023 12:11 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±54
CONS
 2/3 2,960 38.39% -576 Winner:
LIB
 3,536 45.86% Jesse P. Tripp

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Oliver Fraser		 27 Oct 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Fraser, William Oliver 1881 – 1951 (p. 12)		 27 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Oct 2023 21:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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