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♂ John Edward Butler
aliasJack Butler
Record
8542 · 3235

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 1 2
Birth 21 October 1916 → 107 years + 6 months ago
Lived 83 years
First mandate 26 March 1975 → 49 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 58 years + 5 months
Death 4 November 1999 → 24 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 7 months after 13 March 1979
Special notes
None
 
John Edward (Jack) Butler (1916–1999)
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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 3 11 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Keith French  m 
 
 
Eligible: 5,812 Votes: 4,895 Participation: 84.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13074(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
54
PC
 2/3 2,216 45.59% -15 Winner:
SC
 2,231 45.90% C. Keith French
Eligible: 5,638 Votes: 4,266 Participation: 75.67% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12986(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
PC
 1/4 2,927 68.77% +2,110 Loser:
SC
 817 19.20% Alfred Weik

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,513 Votes: 6,087 Participation: 71.50% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12897(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
PC
 4,024 66.47% Henry Kroeger

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
John E. 'Jack' Butler		  5 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Edward Butler		  5 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 May 2024 22:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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