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♂ John Cameron Dryden
aliasJohn Dryden
Record
17122 · 14629

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 1 3
Birth 3 February 1893 → 131 years + 3 months ago
Lived 58 years + 8 months
First mandate 22 April 1941 → 83 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 48 years + 2 months
Death 15 October 1951 → 72 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 11 months after 9 November 1949
Special notes
None
 
John Cameron Dryden (1893–1951)
© 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 Ste. Agathe, Manitoba
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 8 6 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Harry Shewman  m 
 		 ⊖ Leo Slater  m 
 
Eligible: 5,574 Votes: 2,909 Participation: 52.19% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37460(F) — 16 Sep 2022 18:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
IND
 1/2 1,708 59.37% +539 Loser:
LIBP
 1,169 40.63% Leo A. Slater
After his election:
9 Dec 1941 48
IND
 →
LIBP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,697 Votes: 2,452 Participation: 43.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37511(F) — 17 Sep 2022 13:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIBP
 1/2 1,676 70.13% +962 Loser:
CCF
 714 29.87% Ivan A. Langtry

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,953 Votes: 2,910 Participation: 48.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37559(F) — 17 Sep 2022 13:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIBP
 2/3 1,196 41.56% -153 Winner:
IND
 1,349 46.87% Harold P. Shewman

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Dryden, John Cameron		 27 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Dryden, John Cameron		 27 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Cameron Dryden (1893-1951)		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John C. Dryden		 27 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Apr 2024 16:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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