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♂ John Andrew Wishart Drysdale
aliasJohn Drysdale
Record
17133 · 7646

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
British Columbia 0 1 1
Total 1 3 4
Birth 31 May 1926 → 97 years + 11 months ago
Lived 69 years + 8 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 31 years + 10 months
Death 31 January 1996 → 28 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 7 months after 17 June 1962
Special notes
None
 
John Andrew Wishart Drysdale (1926–1996)
© Photo — Public domain
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
Canada 4 2 17

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Hilliard Beyerstein  m 
⊖ Tom Goode  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert W. Prittie  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Gordon H. Dowding  m 
⊖ Thomas J. Irwin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ernie Winch  m 
 
Eligible: 42,307 Votes: 60,776 Participation: 73.85% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29830(F) — 4 Mar 2022 12:46 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
30
PC
 7/8 513 1.69% -12,179 Winner:
CFF
 12,692 41.77% Gordon H. Dowding
Eligible: 42,560 Votes: 30,983 Participation: 72.80% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 British Columbia
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23972(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
31
PC
 2/4 7,940 25.84% -59 Winner:
SC
 7,999 26.04% Thomas J. Irwin
Eligible: 42,560 Votes: 34,109 Participation: 80.14% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 British Columbia
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24238(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
31
PC
 1/4 15,570 45.65% +5,507 Loser:
CCF
 10,063 29.50% Robert W. Prittie

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 40,517 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24515(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
36
PC
 3/4 8,683 21.43% -6,937 Winner:
NDP
 15,620 38.55% Robert W. Prittie

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Andrew W. Drysdale, M.P.		 14 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Andrew W. Drysdale, député		 14 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Drysdale (politician)		 14 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 May 2024 21:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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