Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
♂ John Forsyth
aliasJohn Forsyth
Record
20505 · 14077
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate |
Deceased |
Performance: 100%
|
| Birth |
17 May 1837 → 187 years ago |
| Lived |
81 years + 6 months |
| First mandate |
23 August 1894 → 129 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 3 months |
| Death |
3 December 1918 → 105 years + 5 months ago |
| Exit → Death |
22 years + 10 months after 14 January 1896 |
| Special notes |
None
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John Forsyth (1837–1918)
No image available |
| Family tie with other documented individual |
None
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Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan
| Pre-Conf. |
✗ |
| Canadian Senate |
✗ |
| Legis. Council |
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✗ |
| Deputy Minister |
✗ |
| Auto. Region |
✗ |
| Mayor/Reeve |
✗ |
| Mun./Co. Council |
RM Langford, Manitoba (1891–1894) |
| 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 |
| Manitoba |
1 |
4 |
22 |
Z |
| Eligible: |
1,463 |
Votes: |
466 |
Participation: |
31.85% |
Candidacies: |
2 |
|
Provincial
8 |
Manitoba
23 August 1894
By-Election
First-past-the-post |
| Gov't |
LIB  |
| ID: 36602(F) — 17 Mar 2022 13:09 ET |
|
✓ |
→ New to this legislature |
Age
57 |
PATI |
1/2 |
287 |
61.59% |
+108 |
Loser: |
CONS |
179 |
38.41% |
John A. Davidson |
Service: 1 year 4 months 22 days (Oppo.) |
|
| Eligible: |
1,538 |
Votes: |
1,144 |
Participation: |
74.38% |
Candidacies: |
2 |
|
Provincial
9 |
Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post |
| Gov't |
LIB |
| ID: 36605(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET |
|
— |
Incumbent did not run in this election → |
Age
58 |
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Successor: |
PATI |
591 |
51.66% |
William F. Sirett |
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Online biographical references (2)
| Bilingual references are counted as a single reference. |
Retrieved on |
| EN |
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Forsyth, John |
11 May 2024 |
| FR |
Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Forsyth, John |
11 May 2024 |
| EN |
Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Forsyth (1837-1918) |
11 May 2024 |
© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (
Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 May 2024 17:16 (but data presented dynamically)
