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♂ John Joseph Bench
aliasJohn Bench
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate
Known candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
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Canada 0 1 1
Birth 1 May 1905 → 119 years ago
Lived 42 years + 7 months
Only run 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 34 years + 10 months
Death 9 December 1947 → 76 years + 5 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
John Joseph Bench (1905–1947)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

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Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate Ontario (1942––1947)
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Electoral history

Race 1  
Path point 1  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Norman J.M. Lockhart  m 
 
 
Eligible: 37,685 Votes: 28,695 Participation: 76.14% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22972(F) — 5 Jul 2023 22:01 ET
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 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
34
LIB
 2/3 12,921 45.03% -410 Winner:
NATG
 13,331 46.46% Norman J.M. Lockhart

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Joseph Bench, K.C., Senator		  9 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Joseph Bench, C.R., sénateur		  9 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Joseph Bench		  9 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 May 2024 18:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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