| Record 4117 · 7630 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 92%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 6 September 1900 (123 years 7 months ago) |
23 February 1979 (45 years 1 month ago) |
78 years 5 months | No |
| Who | ...is/was his | Note | |
| William R. Bennett (1932–2015) | Son |
| Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British Columbia |
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| The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | BC | 23–30 | SC | 1 | Party leader | 51–72 | 15 Jul 1952 — 05 Jun 1973 | 20 | 10 | 21 | |
| 2. | BC | 23–29 | SC | 1 | Premier | 51–71 | 15 Jul 1952 — 29 Aug 1972 | 20 | 1 | 14 | |
| 3. | BC | 30 | SC | 1 | Opposition Leader | 71–72 | 30 Aug 1972 — 05 Jun 1973 | 0 | 9 | 6 | |
| → 12 recorded electoral participations → 14 electoral path points |
→ 3 documented challengers: |
Cecil R. Bull m (3 runoffs) Owen L. Jones m Frank Snowsell m |
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| Provincial Ass.: 20 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 21 October 1941 | Age: 41 |
→ New to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/3 | CONS | 37.69% | 2,009 of 5,330 | Elig.: 7,312 | Parti.: 73.62% | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 33.19% | 1,769 (-240) | Cecil R. Bull m ( 50 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 9 December 1941 > | ?? | LIB | → | CONS | |||||
| 10 December 1942 > | ?? | CONS | → | PC | Changed allegiance | ||||
| ID: 29546(F) — 24 Jul 2023 16:13 ET | Service: 4 years 0 month 3 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 21 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 25 October 1945 | Age: 45 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | PC | 64.25% | 3,706 of 5,768 | Elig.: 8,159 | Parti.: 72.41% | ||
| Loser > | CFF | 35.75% | 2,062 (-1,644) | Gladys A. Webster f | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 17 May 1948 > | ?? | PC | → | Vac. | Resigned: Unsuccessfully ran federally | ||||
| ID: 29596(F) — 23 Sep 2022 12:41 ET | Service: 2 years 6 months 22 days (Gov't) | Exit from legislature → | |||||||
| Federal Ass.: 20 |
British Columbia | Yale | |||||||
| 31 May 1948 | Age: 47 |
Failed to enter Parliament | |||||||
| By-Election | ✗ | 2/3 | PC | 28.11% | 7,953 of 28,291 | Elig.: 29,287 | Parti.: 96.60% | ||
| Winner > | CCF | 45.38% | 12,838 (+4,885) | Owen L. Jones m ( 58 ) | |||||
| ID: 23372(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 21 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 29 November 1948 | Age: 48 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | |||||||
| By-Election | |||||||||
| Successor > | PC | 54.00% | 5,088 of 9,423 | Robert D. Browne-Clayton m ( 31 ) | |||||
| ID: 30222(F) — 23 Sep 2022 12:42 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 22 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 15 June 1949 | Age: 48 |
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | PC | 58.40% | 6,555 of 11,224 | Elig.: 14,432 | Parti.: 78.96% | ||
| Loser > | CFF | 41.60% | 4,669 (-1,886) | Thomas Wilkinson m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 15 October 1951 > | ?? | PC | → | SCL | Changed allegiance | ||||
| 19 January 1952 > | ?? | COAL | → | LIB | |||||
| ID: 29637(F) — 24 Jul 2023 16:50 ET | Service: 2 years 11 months 27 days (G & O) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 23 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 12 June 1952 | Age: 51 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | SC | 51.24% | 6,082 of 11,870 | Elig.: 16,586 | Parti.: 74.84% | ||
| Loser > | CFF | 22.36% | 2,654 (-3,428) | Thomas Wilkinson m | |||||
| ID: 29760(F) — 4 Mar 2022 09:36 ET | Service: 0 year 11 months 28 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 24 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 10 June 1953 | Age: 52 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | SC | 58.51% | 6,756 of 11,547 | Elig.: 14,773 | Parti.: 81.39% | ||
| Loser > | CFF | 21.02% | 2,427 (-4,329) | Thomas Wilkinson m | |||||
| ID: 29811(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET | Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 25 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 19 September 1956 | Age: 56 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | SC | 69.70% | 7,694 of 11,038 | Elig.: 15,446 | Parti.: 72.67% | ||
| Loser > | CFF | 15.07% | 1,663 (-6,031) | Walter Ratzlaff m | |||||
| ID: 29862(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET | Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 26 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 12 September 1960 | Age: 60 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | SC | 59.89% | 8,058 of 13,454 | Elig.: 18,051 | Parti.: 76.20% | ||
| Loser > | CFF | 21.57% | 2,902 (-5,156) | Walter Ratzlaff m | |||||
| ID: 29909(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET | Service: 3 years 0 month 17 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 27 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 30 September 1963 | Age: 63 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | SC | 63.69% | 8,485 of 13,322 | Elig.: 17,714 | Parti.: 75.86% | ||
| Loser > | PC | 18.68% | 2,488 (-5,997) | James Marshall m | |||||
| ID: 29954(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET | Service: 2 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 28 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 12 September 1966 | Age: 66 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/3 | SC | 73.15% | 8,747 of 11,957 | Elig.: 16,829 | Parti.: 71.85% | ||
| Loser > | NDP | 16.19% | 1,936 (-6,811) | Thomas Rose m | |||||
| ID: 29996(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET | Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 29 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 27 August 1969 | Age: 68 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/3 | SC | 72.20% | 13,074 of 18,109 | Elig.: 24,801 | Parti.: 73.84% | ||
| Loser > | NDP | 17.00% | 3,078 (-9,996) | Eva A. Pfeifer f | |||||
| ID: 30053(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET | Service: 3 years 0 month 2 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 30 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 30 August 1972 | Age: 71 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | SC | 49.91% | 12,122 of 24,287 | Elig.: 33,334 | Parti.: 73.77% | ||
| Loser > | NDP | 24.95% | 6,060 (-6,062) | Frank Snowsell m ( 64 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 5 June 1973 > | ?? | SC | → | Vac. | Resigned: Left politics | ||||
| ID: 30101(F) — 4 Mar 2022 19:58 ET | Service: 0 year 9 months 6 days (Oppo.) | Exit from legislature → | |||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 30 |
British Columbia | South Okanagan | |||||||
| 7 September 1973 | Age: 73 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| By-Election | |||||||||
| Successor > | SC | 39.47% | 9,726 of 24,642 | William R. Bennett m ( 41 ) | |||||
| ID: 30113(F) — 4 Mar 2022 19:39 ET | |||||||||
| → 6 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Canadian Encyclopedia: W.A.C. Bennett | 3 Feb 2024 |
| FR | Encyclopédie canadienne: W.A.C. Bennett | 3 Feb 2024 |
| EN | Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo): The Hon. William Andrew Cecil Bennett, P.C. | 3 Feb 2024 |
| FR | Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo): L'hon. William Andrew Cecil Bennett, C.P. | 3 Feb 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia: W. A. C. Bennett | 3 Feb 2024 |
| FR | Wikipédia: W. A. C. Bennett | 3 Feb 2024 |