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♂ William Franklin Kerr
aliasWilliam Franklin Kerr
Record
31567 · 9398

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 3 1 4
Birth 25 October 1876 → 147 years + 6 months ago
Lived 91 years + 4 months
First mandate 19 June 1934 → 89 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 7 months
Death 11 March 1968 → 56 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 8 months after 14 June 1944
Special notes
None
 
William Franklin Kerr (1876–1968)
© Photo 1914 — Public domain
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 9 10 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Percy M. Anderson  m 
⊖ James Grassick  m 
⊖ Garnet N. Menzies  m 
 		 ⊖ Major James W. Coldwell  m 
⊖ Murdoch A. MacPherson  m 
⊖ Robert H. Wooff  m 
 
Eligible: 29,815 Votes: 51,915 Participation: 87.06% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31549(F) — 29 Mar 2024 23:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 2/7 11,512 44.35% +2,430 Loser:
CONS
 9,082 34.99% Murdoch A. MacPherson
After his election:
1 Nov 1935 59
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 4 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,815 Votes: 18,119 Participation: 60.77% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
2 December 1935
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31570(F) — 14 Oct 2022 20:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/2 11,883 65.58% +5,647 Loser:
IND
 6,236 34.42% Denis Sweeney

Service: 2 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,912 Votes: 6,580 Participation: 83.16% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
9		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1938
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31615(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/4 2,925 44.45% +166 Loser:
SC
 2,759 41.93% James Proctor

Service: 6 years 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,718 Votes: 4,671 Participation: 69.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31669(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
67
LIB
 2/3 1,766 37.81% -740 Winner:
CCF
 2,506 53.65% Robert H. Wooff

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Kerr, William Franklin 1876 – 1966 (p. 19)		 24 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Franklin Kerr		 24 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Mar 2024 19:23 (but data presented dynamically)

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