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♂ William Charles Beeching
aliasWilliam Charles Beeching
Record
3610 · 9388

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 8 8
Saskatchewan 0 5 5
Total 0 13 13
Birth 22 June 1913 → 110 years + 10 months ago
Lived 76 years + 6 months
First run 21 November 1945 → 78 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 4 months
Death 9 January 1990 → 34 years + 4 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
William Charles Beeching (1913–1990)
© Photo Focus on Socialism — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Electoral history

Races 13  
Path points 13  
22 documented challengers
⊖ R. James Balfour  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Stratford Burton  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick A. Dewhurst  m 
⊖ Clarence Melvin Fines  m 
⊖ Leslie Herbert Hammond  m 
⊖ G. Alexander Jupp  m 
⊖ Kenneth R. MacLeod  m 
⊖ Emmett A. McCusker  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Kenneth H. More  m  (4 runoffs)
⊕ Ned Shillington  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Edward Whelan  m 
 		 ⊖ Allan Emrys Blakeney  m 
⊖ Marjorie Alexandra Cooper  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ A. Claude Ellis  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Francis Alvin George Hamilton  m 
⊖ Frederick W. Johnson  m 
⊖ John C. Knowles  m 
⊖ Murdoch Alexander MacPherson  m 
⊖ Garnet Nelson Menzies  m 
⊖ John O. Probe  m 
⊖ Harry G.R. Walker  m 
⊖ Charles Cromwell Williams  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 8,411 Votes: 3,058 Participation: 36.36% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
21 November 1945
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31729(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
32
LPP
 2/2 584 19.10% -1,890 Winner:
CCF
 2,474 80.90% Frederick A. Dewhurst
Eligible: 41,445 Votes: 33,647 Participation: 81.18% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Saskatchewan
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23615(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
36
LPP
 4/4 409 1.24% -13,947 Winner:
LIB
 14,356 43.48% Emmett A. McCusker
Eligible: 48,645 Votes: 129,046 Participation: 88.43% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
12		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31766(F) — 30 Mar 2024 00:15 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
38
LPP
 11/11 579 1.35% -24,127 Winner:
CCF
 24,706 57.44% Marjorie A. Cooper
Eligible: 50,316 Votes: 41,089 Participation: 81.66% Candidacies: 6
Federal
23		 Saskatchewan
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24209(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
43
LPP
 5/6 212 0.52% -14,349 Winner:
CCF
 14,561 35.68% A. Claude Ellis
Eligible: 50,316 Votes: 44,921 Participation: 89.28% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Saskatchewan
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24475(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
44
LPP
 4/4 262 0.58% -24,162 Winner:
PC
 24,424 54.37% Kenneth H. More
Eligible: 63,391 Votes: 210,320 Participation: 82.95% Candidacies: 19
Provincial
14		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31867(F) — 2 Mar 2024 22:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
46
COMM
 19/19 345 0.66% -21,461 Winner:
CCF
 21,806 41.47% Edward C. Whelan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,479 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
26		 Saskatchewan
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25016(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
49
COMM
 6/6 129 0.30% -19,476 Winner:
PC
 19,605 46.15% Kenneth H. More
Eligible: inc. Votes: 38,310 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 Saskatchewan
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25285(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
52
COMM
 5/5 179 0.47% -15,258 Winner:
PC
 15,437 40.29% Kenneth H. More
Eligible: inc. Votes: 39,306 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Saskatchewan
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10046(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
55
COMM
 4/4 230 0.59% -13,411 Winner:
NDP
 13,641 34.70% John S. Burton
Eligible: 54,657 Votes: 41,853 Participation: 76.57% Candidacies: 6
Federal
29		 Saskatchewan
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10385(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
59
IND
 5/6 148 0.35% -17,633 Winner:
PC
 17,781 42.48% R. James Balfour
Eligible: 54,657 Votes: 40,759 Participation: 74.57% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 Saskatchewan
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10649(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
61
COMM
 5/6 155 0.38% -14,875 Winner:
PC
 15,030 36.88% R. James Balfour
Eligible: 10,411 Votes: 7,651 Participation: 73.49% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9110(F) — 30 Mar 2024 00:06 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
61
IND
 4/4 98 1.29% -3,505 Winner:
NPD
 3,603 47.30% Edward B. (Ned) Shillington
Eligible: 8,212 Votes: 6,247 Participation: 76.07% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9150(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
65
IND
 4/4 45 0.73% -3,722 Winner:
NPD
 3,767 60.78% Edward B. (Ned) Shillington

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Focus on Socialism: The Political Journal of Canadians for Peace & Socialism, William Charles (Bill) Beeching		 24 Mar 2024
EN Non-standard link
Canada and the Spanish Civil War: Virtual Research Environment of Canadian Cultural History about the Spanish Civil War, Volunteer of the Week - William Beeching		 24 Mar 2024

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