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♂ John MacKenzie Thompson
aliasJohn Thompson
Record
61046 · 3233

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 22 March 1924 → 100 years + 1 month ago
Lived 92 years + 7 months
First mandate 26 March 1975 → 49 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 51 years
Death 1 November 2016 → 7 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 5 months after 7 May 1986
Special notes
None
 
John MacKenzie Thompson (1924–2016)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — 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
Alberta 11 1 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Broyce Jacobs  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,538 Votes: 4,850 Participation: 56.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12975(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
PC
 1/3 2,899 59.90% +1,073 Loser:
SC
 1,826 37.73% Roy Sprackman

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,944 Votes: 5,255 Participation: 58.75% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12896(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/4 2,832 53.99% +636 Loser:
SC
 2,196 41.87% Broyce G. Jacobs

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,761 Votes: 6,321 Participation: 64.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12815(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 3,738 59.36% +1,429 Loser:
WCC
 2,309 36.67% Steven V. Pinchak

Service: 3 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,641 Votes: 4,459 Participation: 46.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12732(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
PC
 2,679 60.28% Jack W. Ady

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
John M. Thompson		  4 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Thompson (Alberta politician)		  4 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 May 2024 16:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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