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♂ John Bryden
aliasJohn Bryden
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 3 1 4
Birth 3 December 1833 → 190 years + 10 months ago
Lived 81 years + 3 months
1st mandate 15 September 1875 → 149 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 41 years + 9 months
Death 27 March 1915 → 109 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 9 months after 8 June 1900
Special notes
None
 

John Bryden (1833–1915)
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Cty Co. Nanaimo, British Columbia
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
British Columbia 7 2 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ David W. Gordon  m 
⊖ Ralph Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Wallace McInnes  m 
 
Nanaimo
Elig. 285 Votes: 246 Partic.: 86.32%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
15 September 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28626(F) — 23 Jul 2023 15:40 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
REF
 1/3 128 52.03% +12 Loser:
IND
 116 47.15% David W. Gordon
After his election:
16 Sep 1875 41
REF
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
15 Dec 1876 43
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 3 months (Oppo. & Gov't)
Nanaimo
Elig. 285 Votes: 260 Partic.: 91.23%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
19 January 1877
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28637(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
IGOV
 103 39.62% David W. Gordon
North Nanaimo
Elig. 702 Votes: 550 Partic.: 78.35%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28735(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
60
GOV
 1/2 411 74.73% +272 Loser:
LAB
 139 25.27% Ralph Smith

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
North Nanaimo
Elig. 768 Votes: 402 Partic.: 52.34% Can.: 2
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28769(F) — 23 Jul 2023 20:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
GOV
 1/2 249 61.94% +96 Loser:
OPPO
 153 38.06% Walter J.G. Hellier
After his election:
10 Jul 1898 64
GOV
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 1 year 10 months 30 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
North Nanaimo
Elig. 826 Votes: 506 Partic.: 61.26% Can.: 3
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28811(F) — 23 Jul 2023 22:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
OPPO
 2/3 195 38.54% -43 Winner:
IND
 238 47.04% Wm. Wallace B. McInnes

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John Bryden (MLA)		 13 Sep 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Bryden (homme politique britanno-colombien)		 13 Sep 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Sep 2024 19:11 (but data presented dynamically)

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