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♂ John L. Ostashek
aliasJohn L. Ostashek
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Yukon 2 1 3
Birth 10 May 1936 → 88 years + 5 months ago
Lived 71 years + 1 month
1st mandate 19 October 1992 → 32 years + 12 days ago
↳ at age 56 years + 5 months
Death 10 June 2007 → 17 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 1 month after 16 April 2000
Special notes
None
 
John L. Ostashek (1936–2007) 200x206
© Photo c.1996 Legislative Assembly, Yukon — Fair use
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Yukon 7 5 26 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. YT 27–29
YP
 1 Party leader 55–63 22 Nov 1991 — 18 Apr 2000 8 4 27
2. YT 28
YP
 1 Premier 56–60 19 Oct 1992 — 29 Sep 1996 3 11 10
3. YT 29
YP
 1 Opposition Leader 60–63 30 Sep 1996 — 25 Oct 1999 3 0 25

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Don Roberts  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Porter Creek North
Elig. 1,168 Votes: 904 Partic.: 77.40%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Territorial
28		 Yukon
19 October 1992
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  YP  Minority
ID: 27197(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
56
YP
 1/3 474 52.67% +173 Loser:
NDP
 301 33.44% Carl Rumscheidt

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Porter Creek North
Elig. 1,220 Votes: 979 Partic.: 80.25%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Territorial
29		 Yukon
30 September 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 27214(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
60
YP
 1/3 403 41.21% +19 Loser:
LIB
 384 39.26% Don Roberts

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Porter Creek North
Elig. 1,170 Votes: 946 Partic.: 80.85%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Territorial
30		 Yukon
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27233(F) — 28 Feb 2022 12:56 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
63
YP
 2/3 323 34.33% -181 Winner:
LIB
 504 53.56% Don Roberts

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Leonard Ostashek		  3 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Ostashek		  3 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Ostashek		  3 Jan 2024
EN Yukon Legislature Speaks
John Ostashek		  3 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Jan 2024 21:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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