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♂ William McOuat Cottingham
aliasWilliam Cottingham
Record
12890 · 9900

Protestant   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 5 1 6
Birth 8 January 1905 → 119 years + 3 months ago
Lived 78 years + 2 months
First mandate 28 July 1948 → 75 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 6 months
Death 20 March 1983 → 41 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 9 months after 4 June 1966
Special notes
None
 

No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Peter R. McGibbon (1854–1921) Father-in-law
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Saint-Jérusalem-d'Argenteuil (Lachute), Québec (1951–1953)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✓
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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
Québec 17 10 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Georges-Étienne Dansereau  m 
 		 ⊖ Zoël Saindon  m 
 
Eligible: 13,794 Votes: 11,432 Participation: 82.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Québec
28 July 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16557(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
UN
 1/3 5,488 48.47% +433 Loser:
QLP
 5,055 44.65% Georges-Étienne Dansereau

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,843 Votes: 12,346 Participation: 83.18% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
24		 Québec
16 July 1952
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16650(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
UN
 1/2 8,248 67.92% +4,352 Loser:
QLP
 3,896 32.08% Bernard-L. Gosselin

Service: 3 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,245 Votes: 13,121 Participation: 86.07% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 Québec
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16742(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
UN
 1/2 7,153 55.54% +1,427 Loser:
QLP
 5,726 44.46% Bernard-L. Gosselin

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,576 Votes: 14,898 Participation: 89.88% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 Québec
22 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16836(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
UN
 1/2 8,835 60.02% +2,951 Loser:
QLP
 5,884 39.98% J.-Rodrigue Durocher

Service: 2 years 4 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,021 Votes: 14,676 Participation: 86.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Québec
14 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16932(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
UN
 1/3 7,922 54.57% +2,610 Loser:
QLP
 5,312 36.59% J.-Rodrigue Durocher

Service: 3 years 6 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 18,692 Votes: 15,194 Participation: 81.29% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Québec
5 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 11193(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
QLP
 6,734 44.85% Zoël Saindon
Eligible: 19,349 Votes: 16,821 Participation: 84.35% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11083(F) — 18 Dec 2022 16:50 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
65
UN
 2/5 3,964 23.89% -5,656 Winner:
QLP
 9,620 57.98% Zoël Saindon

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
William McOuat Cottingham		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William McOuat Cottingham		 27 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
William McOuat Cottingham		 27 Apr 2024

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