Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

John Robert Nicholson
aliasJack Nicholson
Record
46169 · 6663

  
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 100%
 
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 1 December 1901 → 122 years + 10 months ago
Lived 81 years + 10 months
1st mandate 18 June 1962 → 62 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 6 months
Death 8 October 1983 → 41 years ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 3 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
John Robert Nicholson (1901–1983)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair use
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf.
Canadian Senate
Legis. Council
Governor British Columbia (1968–1973)
Deputy Minister
Auto. Region
Mayor/Reeve
Mun./Cty Co.
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
Canada 6 0 4

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 26
LIB
1 Minister 61–62 22 Apr 1963 — 02 Feb 1964 0 9 11
2. CA 26
LIB
1 Minister 62–63 03 Feb 1964 — 14 Feb 1965 1 0 11
3. CA 26
LIB
1 Minister 63–64 15 Feb 1965 — 17 Dec 1965 0 10 2
4. CA 27
LIB
1 Minister 64–66 18 Dec 1965 — 19 Apr 1968 2 4 1
 1. Forestry
 2. Post Office
 3. Citizenship and Immigration
 4. Labour

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
George Hahn  m 
Lyle Kristiansen  m 
 
Douglas Jung  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Vancouver Centre
Elig. inc. Votes: 21,616 Partic.: inc. Can.: 5
Federal
25
British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24529(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
60
LIB
1/5 7,697 35.61% +894 Loser:
PC
6,803 31.47% Douglas Jung

Service:
9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Vancouver Centre
Elig. inc. Votes: 24,081 Partic.: inc. Can.: 4
Federal
26
British Columbia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24793(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
1/4 9,472 39.33% +2,119 Loser:
PC
7,353 30.53% Douglas Jung

Service:
2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Vancouver Centre
Elig. inc. Votes: 22,474 Partic.: inc. Can.: 5
Federal
27
British Columbia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25062(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
1/5 9,008 40.08% +2,760 Loser:
PC
6,248 27.80% Douglas Jung

Service:
2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Vancouver Centre
Elig. inc. Votes: 45,323 Partic.: inc. Can.: 4
Federal
28
British Columbia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9907(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66
Successor:
LIB
25,426 56.10% S. Ronald Basford

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Robert (Jack) Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., O.B.E., M.P.
18 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Robert (Jack) Nicholson, C.P., c.r., O.B.E., député
18 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Robert Nicholson
18 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Robert Nicholson
18 Jun 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Jun 2024 17:07 (but data presented dynamically)