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♂ William Hunter McKnight
aliasBill McKnight
Record
41906 · 561

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Birth 12 July 1940 → 83 years + 11 months ago
Lived 79 years + 2 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 45 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 38 years + 10 months
Death 4 October 2019 → 4 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 11 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
William Hunter McKnight (1940–2019)
© Photo 2011 Tacoking111 — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✓
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 14 5 0

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister 44–45 17 Sep 1984 — 29 Jun 1986 1 9 12
2. CA 33–34
PC
 1 Minister 45–48 30 Jun 1986 — 29 Jan 1989 2 6 30
3. CA 33–34
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 45–53 30 Jun 1986 — 03 Nov 1993 7 4 4
4. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 48–50 30 Jan 1989 — 20 Apr 1991 2 2 21
5. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 50–52 21 Apr 1991 — 03 Jan 1993 1 8 13
6. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 52 04 Jan 1993 — 24 Jun 1993 0 5 20
 1. Labour
 2. Indian Affairs and Northern Development
 3. Saskatchewan [Without portfolio]
 4. National Defence
 5. Agriculture
 6. Energy, Mines and Resources

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Alfred Gleave  m 
⊕ Grant Whitmore  m 
 		 ⊕ Elwin Hermanson  m 
 
Eligible: 42,344 Votes: 33,677 Participation: 79.53% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Saskatchewan
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4588(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
PC
 1/3 16,614 49.33% +6,360 Loser:
NDP
 10,254 30.45% Alfred P. Gleave

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,344 Votes: 30,802 Participation: 72.74% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 Saskatchewan
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4306(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/4 14,220 46.27% +4,631 Loser:
NDP
 9,589 31.20% Wayne G. Nargang

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,816 Votes: 35,163 Participation: 78.46% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Saskatchewan
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4022(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/4 20,436 58.28% +10,207 Loser:
NDP
 10,229 29.17% Roy Atkinson

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,543 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Saskatchewan
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3727(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/4 15,089 44.98% +3,891 Loser:
NDP
 11,198 33.38% Grant D.G. Whitmore

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,242 Votes: 30,492 Participation: 72.18% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Saskatchewan
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3432(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
REF
 12,292 40.45% Elwin N. Hermanson

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
McKnight, William Hunter (1940-)		  9 Jun 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. William Hunter (Bill) McKnight, P.C., M.P.		  9 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. William Hunter (Bill) McKnight, C.P., député		  9 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Bill McKnight		  9 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bill McKnight		  9 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jun 2024 17:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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