♂ William D. Balfour ♦
 Roman Catholic |
Record 2454 · 11609 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 86%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 2 August 1851 (172 years 8 months ago) |
19 August 1896 (127 years 8 months ago) |
45 years | Yes |
Family tie with other documented individual
| Who | ...is/was his | Note | |
| David A. Balfour (c. 1889–1956) | Son |
Service in elected office
| Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontario |
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Leadership role
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| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | ON | 8 | LIB | 1 | Speaker | 43–44 | 21 Feb 1895 — 14 Jul 1896 | 1 | 4 | 23 | |
Electoral history
| → 7 recorded electoral participations → 8 electoral path points |
→ 2 documented challengers: |
Solomon White m Lewis Wigle m |
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| Provincial Ass.: 4 |
Ontario | Essex South | |||||||
| 5 June 1879 | Age: 27 |
Defeated but elected later to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/2 | LIB | 47.07% | 1,261 of 2,679 | Elig.: 3,606 | Parti.: 74.29% | ||
| Winner > | LC | 52.93% | 1,418 (+157) | Lewis Wigle m ( 34 ) | |||||
| ID: 32872(F) — 21 Feb 2022 20:05 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 4 |
Ontario | Essex South | |||||||
| 18 October 1882 | Age: 31 |
→ New to this legislature | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/1 | LIB | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: n/a | ||
| By acclamation | |||||||||
| ID: 33047(F) — 21 Feb 2022 19:44 ET | Service: 0 year 4 months 8 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 5 |
Ontario | Essex South | |||||||
| 27 February 1883 | Age: 31 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 50.50% | 1,705 of 3,376 | Elig.: 4,355 | Parti.: 77.77% | ||
| Loser > | LC | 49.50% | 1,671 (-34) | Solomon White m ( 46 ) | |||||
| ID: 32960(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:04 ET | Service: 3 years 10 months (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 6 |
Ontario | Essex South | |||||||
| 28 December 1886 | Age: 35 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 53.80% | 2,497 of 4,641 | Elig.: 6,047 | Parti.: 77.51% | ||
| Loser > | LC | 46.20% | 2,144 (-353) | N.A. Coste m | |||||
| ID: 33149(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:35 ET | Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 7 |
Ontario | Essex South | |||||||
| 5 June 1890 | Age: 38 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 52.15% | 2,505 of 4,803 | Elig.: 6,525 | Parti.: 73.61% | ||
| Loser > | LC | 47.85% | 2,298 (-207) | Charles Fox m | |||||
| ID: 33242(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:12 ET | Service: 4 years 0 month 20 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 8 |
Ontario | Essex South | |||||||
| 26 June 1894 | Age: 42 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/3 | LIB | 52.82% | 2,521 of 4,773 | Elig.: 6,030 | Parti.: 79.15% | ||
| Loser > | CPP | 36.29% | 1,732 (-789) | J. Buchanan m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 21 July 1896 > | ?? | LIB | → | Vac. | Resigned: Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election | ||||
| ID: 33331(F) — 9 Oct 2022 23:58 ET | Service: 2 years 0 month 25 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 8 |
Ontario | Essex South | |||||||
| 4 August 1896 | Age: 45 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/1 | LIB | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Elig.: 6,030 | Parti.: n/a | ||
| By acclamation | |||||||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 19 August 1896 > | ?? | LIB | → | Vac. | Died in office | ||||
| ID: 33731(F) — 11 Oct 2022 13:35 ET | Service: 0 year 0 month 15 days (Gov't) | Exit from legislature → | |||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 8 |
Ontario | Essex South | |||||||
| 20 October 1896 | Age: 45 |
Deceased | |||||||
| By-Election | |||||||||
| Successor > | LIB | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | John A. Auld m ( 43 ) | |||||
| ID: 33734(F) — 22 Feb 2022 10:54 ET | |||||||||
| → 3 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members: William Douglas Balfour | 18 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres: William Douglas Balfour | 18 Apr 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia: William Balfour (politician) | 18 Apr 2024 |
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