William Bains-Jordan

William Harry Bains-Jordan He married Marjorie Helen Marques, with whom he had three children, on November 14, 1941. He served as vice-chair of the 48th state fair and as chair of the 49th state fair.

Bains-Jordan was selected as vice-chair of the Fifth District of the Young Republicans of Hawaii in 1952. Bains-Jordan served on the platform committee at the 1956 Hawaii Republican Party territorial convention.

Hawaii House of Representatives Elections Henry Haina, the chairman of the Young Republican Federation of Hawaii's candidates committee, listed Bains-Jordan as a possible candidate for a seat in the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 10th district alongside George Richardson, H.C. Penhallow, Daniel K. Kamalani, and Thomas Soga. He filed to run for one of four seats in the 10th district as a Republican in 1959. He was the Republican with the most support in the primary election and was the only Republican elected in the general election alongside Democratic nominees Larry Kuriyama, Donald Ching, and George M. Okano.

On August 14, 1962, he announced that he would seek reelection instead of seeking election to the Hawaii Senate from the 5th district. He was the Republican with the most support in the primary election, but lost in the general election becoming one of four incumbents in the state house to lose reelection with all being Republicans.

Tenure Bains-Jordan was appointed to serve on the Accounts, Agriculture, Economic Development, Judiciary, and Tourism committees.

Later life Bains-Jordan was considered a possible successor to Arthur D. Woolaway after Woolaway stepped down as chair of the Hawaii Republican Party. In 1963, he was elected to fill the vacancy on the Leeward Hospital board after the death of G.H. Webling and served as president of the board. Bains-Jordan died in Madison, Alabama, on February 4, 2021.

Electoral history