♂ William M. Cottingham

Protestant   
Record
12890 · 9900
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 83%
 
Québec 6 5 1
Birth Death Lived Died in office
8 January 1905
(119 years 3 months ago)
20 March 1983
(41 years ago)
78 years 2 months No
Family tie with other documented individual
Who ...is/was his Note
Peter R. McGibbon (1854–1921) Father-in-law Cottingham was married to Hazel, McGibbon's daughter.
Service in elected office
Legislature Total Government Opposition
Québec
Days years months days
6,516 17 10 3
Days years months days
4,344 11 10 22
Days years months days
2,172 5 11 11
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.
Electoral history
→ 6 recorded electoral participations
→ 7 electoral path points
 
→ 2 documented challengers:
 
Georges-Étienne Dansereau  m 
Zoël Saindon  m 
 
Provincial
Ass.: 23
Québec Argenteuil
28 July 1948 Age:
43
→ New to this legislature
General 1/3 UN 48.47% 5,488 of 11,322 Elig.: 13,794 Parti.: 82.88%
Loser > QLP 44.65% 5,055 (-433) Georges-Étienne Dansereau  m  ( 49 )
ID: 16557(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 24
Québec Argenteuil
16 July 1952 Age:
47
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/2 UN 67.92% 8,248 of 12,144 Elig.: 14,843 Parti.: 83.18%
Loser > QLP 32.08% 3,896 (-4,352) Bernard-L. Gosselin  m 
ID: 16650(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET Service: 3 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 25
Québec Argenteuil
20 June 1956 Age:
51
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/2 UN 55.54% 7,153 of 12,879 Elig.: 15,245 Parti.: 86.07%
Loser > QLP 44.46% 5,726 (-1,427) Bernard-L. Gosselin  m 
ID: 16742(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET Service: 4 years 0 month 1 day (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 26
Québec Argenteuil
22 June 1960 Age:
55
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/2 UN 60.02% 8,835 of 14,719 Elig.: 16,576 Parti.: 89.88%
Loser > QLP 39.98% 5,884 (-2,951) J.-Rodrigue Durocher  m 
ID: 16836(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET Service: 2 years 4 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 27
Québec Argenteuil
14 November 1962 Age:
57
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/3 UN 54.57% 7,922 of 14,518 Elig.: 17,021 Parti.: 86.22%
Loser > QLP 36.59% 5,312 (-2,610) J.-Rodrigue Durocher  m 
ID: 16932(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET Service: 3 years 6 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 28
Québec Argenteuil
5 June 1966 Age:
61
Incumbent did not run in this election Exit from legislature →
General  
Successor > QLP 44.85% 6,734 of 15,015 Zoël Saindon  m  ( 46 )
ID: 11193(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 29
Québec Argenteuil
29 April 1970 Age:
65
Failed comeback to this legislature
General 2/5 UN 23.89% 3,964 of 16,591 Elig.: 19,349 Parti.: 84.35%
Winner > QLP 57.98% 9,620 (+5,656) Zoël Saindon  m  ( 50 )
ID: 11083(F) — 18 Dec 2022 16:50 ET
→ 3 online biographical references
 
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