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♂ John Henry McConnell
aliasJohn McConnell
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 2 5
Birth 18 August 1862 → 161 years + 8 months ago
Lived 81 years + 7 months
First mandate 10 July 1914 → 109 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 10 months
Death 26 March 1944 → 80 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 8 months after 17 July 1922
Special notes
None
 
John Henry McConnell (1862–1944)
© Photo 1921 Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — 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
Manitoba 8 0 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William Ferguson  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Thomas Wolstenholme  m 
 
Eligible: 1,302 Votes: 1,083 Participation: 83.18% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36719(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 2/2 534 49.31% -15 Winner:
CONS
 549 50.69% William Ferguson
Eligible: 2,106 Votes: 1,870 Participation: 88.79% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 37003(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 1,134 60.64% +398 Loser:
CONS
 736 39.36% William Ferguson

Service: 1 year 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,174 Votes: 1,659 Participation: 76.31% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37056(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 1,063 64.07% +467 Loser:
CONS
 596 35.93% James M. Fraser

Service: 4 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,032 Votes: 1,871 Participation: 61.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37158(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 1,109 59.27% +347 Loser:
CONS
 762 40.73% William Ferguson

Service: 2 years 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,370 Votes: 2,273 Participation: 67.45% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37206(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIB
 2/2 935 41.14% -403 Winner:
PROG
 1,338 58.86% Thomas Wolstenholme

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
McConnell, John Henry		 11 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
McConnell, John Henry		 11 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Henry McConnell (1862-1944)		 11 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Henry McConnell		 11 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 May 2024 20:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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