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♂ John Sedgwick Cowper
aliasJohn Cowper
Record
13162 · 13757

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 0 1
Alberta 0 1 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 12 June 1876 → 147 years + 11 months ago
Lived 71 years
First mandate 14 September 1916 → 107 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 3 months
Death 10 July 1947 → 76 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 7 months after 30 November 1920
Special notes
None
 
John Sedgwick Cowper (1876–1947)
© Photo 1922 Who’s Who in Canada — 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
British Columbia 4 2 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
10 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Bowser  m 
⊖ Malcolm A. MacDonald  m 
⊖ George A. McGuire  m 
⊖ Christopher Pattinson  m 
⊖ Charles E. Tisdall  m 
 		 ⊖ John W.D. Farris  m 
⊖ Alexander H.B. MacGowan  m 
⊖ John W. McIntosh  m 
⊖ Ralph Smith  m 
⊖ Joseph H. Unwin  m 
 
Eligible: 27,578 Votes: 95,705 Participation: 57.84% Candidacies: 19
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29023(F) — 3 Mar 2022 08:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 6/19 7,056 44.24% +51 Loser:
LIB
 7,005 43.92% Patrick Donnelly

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,768 Votes: 202,205 Participation: 63.87% Candidacies: 28
Provincial
15		 British Columbia
1 December 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29239(F) — 19 Sep 2022 23:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
LC
 11,617 34.47% William J. Bowser
Eligible: 7,192 Votes: 5,467 Participation: 76.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27793(F) — 29 Oct 2022 12:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
59
LIB
 2/3 1,620 31.23% -534 Winner:
SC
 2,154 41.52% Joseph H. Unwin

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John Sedgwick Cowper		  3 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 May 2024 19:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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