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♂ John Polworth Lawrie
aliasJohn Lawrie
Record
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United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 0 3
Birth 25 August 1875 → 148 years + 8 months ago
Lived 76 years + 1 month
First mandate 27 July 1936 → 87 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 11 months
Death 17 October 1951 → 72 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 11 months after 9 November 1949
Special notes
None
 
John Polworth Lawrie (1875–1951)
© Photo 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 13 3 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John Muirhead  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 3,978 Votes: 3,112 Participation: 78.23% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
27 July 1936
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37416(F) — 15 Sep 2022 08:02 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
60
CONS
 1/3 1,076 35.68% +62 Loser:
LIBP
 1,014 33.62% John Muirhead
After his election:
17 Nov 1940 65
CONS
 →
CONS
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 8 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,844 Votes: 2,582 Participation: 67.17% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37462(F) — 16 Sep 2022 18:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
CONS
 1/2 1,287 50.87% +44 Loser:
LIBP
 1,243 49.13% John Muirhead

Service: 4 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,944 Votes: 2,606 Participation: 66.08% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37513(F) — 17 Sep 2022 07:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
70
PC
 1/2 1,710 66.28% +840 Loser:
CCF
 870 33.72% James H. Wood

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,124 Votes: 4,413 Participation: 54.32% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37561(F) — 17 Sep 2022 13:41 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
74		 Successor:
LIBP
 2,208 50.26% Samuel E. Burch

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Lawrie, John Polworth		 16 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Lawrie, John Polworth		 16 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Polworth Lawrie (1875-1951)		 16 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Lawrie		 16 May 2024

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