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♂ John Baird Finlay
aliasJohn Baird Finlay
Record
19807 · 1547

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 29 January 1929 → 95 years + 3 months ago
Lived 81 years + 8 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 64 years + 8 months
Death 17 October 2010 → 13 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 3 months after 27 June 2004
Special notes
None
 
John Baird Finlay (1929–2010)
© Photo 2001 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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
Canada 10 8 0

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ David MacKenzie  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Kaye Sargent  f 
 
Eligible: 70,891 Votes: 48,179 Participation: 67.96% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3313(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
64
LIB
 1/9 19,669 41.13% +7,016 Loser:
REF
 12,653 26.46% John Mohr

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 67,955 Votes: 45,482 Participation: 66.93% Candidacies: 7
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3012(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/7 16,281 35.98% +1,575 Loser:
PC
 14,706 32.50% David MacKenzie

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 69,900 Votes: 42,878 Participation: 61.34% Candidacies: 6
Federal
37		 Ontario
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2707(F) — 6 Sep 2021 12:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
71
LIB
 1/6 15,181 35.55% +2,131 Loser:
PC
 13,050 30.56% David MacKenzie

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 73,048 Votes: 46,114 Participation: 63.13% Candidacies: 8
Federal
38		 Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1130(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
75		 Successor:
CPC
 20,606 44.89% David MacKenzie

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. John Baird Finlay, M.P.		 29 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur John Baird Finlay, député		 29 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Baird Finlay		 29 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Mar 2024 14:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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