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♂ Jack St. John
aliasJack St. John
Record
58512 · 14209

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 1 2
Birth 20 September 1906 → 117 years + 7 months ago
Lived 58 years + 7 months
First mandate 8 June 1953 → 70 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 8 months
Death 7 May 1965 → 59 years ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 10 months after 15 June 1958
Special notes
None
 
Jack St. John (1906–1965)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

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 Winnipeg, Manitoba (1944–1953)
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 5 0 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Gordon Fines  m 
⊖ Nan Murphy  f 
⊖ Richard H. Seaborn  m 
⊖ Don Swailes  m 
 		 ⊖ Steve Juba  m 
⊖ Hank Scott  m 
⊖ Lewis Stubbs  m 
 
Eligible: 47,122 Votes: 20,979 Participation: 44.52% Candidacies: 14
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Single trans. vote (4)
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37626(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LIBP
 3/14 3,276 15.92% +1,535 Loser:
IND
 1,741 8.46% Lewis St. George Stubbs

Service: 5 years 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,681 Votes: 6,916 Participation: 54.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37688(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LIBP
 3/3 1,958 28.48% -574 Winner:
PC
 2,532 36.83% Richard H. Seaborn

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
St. John, Jack		 27 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
St. John, Jack		 27 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Jack St. John (1906-1965)		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jack St. John		 27 Apr 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Apr 2024 16:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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