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♂ John G. Haggart
aliasJohn G. Haggart
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 12 0 12
Birth 14 November 1836 → 187 years + 6 months ago
Lived 76 years + 3 months
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 8 months
Death 13 March 1913 → 111 years + 2 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
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© Photo — 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
Canada 40 7 0

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 6–7
CONS
 1 Minister 51–55 06 Aug 1888 — 10 Jan 1892 3 5 4
2. CA 7
CONS
 1 Minister 55–59 11 Jun 1892 — 05 Jan 1896 3 6 25
3. CA 7
CONS
 2 Minister 59 15 Jan 1896 — 08 Jul 1896 0 5 23
 1. Post Office
 2. Railways and Canals
 3. Railways and Canals

Electoral history

Races 12  
Path points 13  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Francis T. Frost  m 
 		 ⊖ Richard Franklin Preston  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,038 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18546(F) — 25 Jun 2023 16:42 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
CONS
 1/2 1,476 72.42% +914 Loser:
IND
 562 27.58% ? Bell
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 36
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,874 Votes: 2,207 Participation: 76.79% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18780(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
CONS
 1/2 1,318 59.72% +429 Loser:
IND
 889 40.28% John H. Gould

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,590 Votes: 2,888 Participation: 80.45% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19066(F) — 21 Jan 2022 19:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
CONS
 1/2 1,585 55.69% +324 Loser:
LIB
 1,261 44.31% Francis T. Frost

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19262(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,642 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19469(F) — 22 Jan 2022 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CONS
 1/2 1,762 66.69% +882 Loser:
LIB
 880 33.31% Duncan Kippen
After his election:
3 Aug 1888 51
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 5 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
6		 Ontario
15 August 1888
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19712(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,978 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19821(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
CONS
 1/2 1,804 60.58% +630 Loser:
LIB
 1,174 39.42% William McGarry

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,499 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20109(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
CONS
 1/2 1,939 55.42% +379 Loser:
MCC
 1,560 44.58% John Ferguson

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,636 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20363(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
CONS
 1/2 2,010 55.28% +384 Loser:
CONS
 1,626 44.72% Richard F. Preston

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,092 Votes: 3,280 Participation: 53.84% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20612(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
CONS
 1/2 2,075 63.65% +890 Loser:
LIB
 1,185 36.35% Andrew W. Dwyer

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,680 Votes: 3,488 Participation: 61.41% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Ontario
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20877(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
71
CONS
 1/2 2,108 60.98% +759 Loser:
LIB
 1,349 39.02% George F. McKimm

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,301 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Ontario
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21105(F) — 23 Jan 2022 18:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
74
CONS
 1/2 2,234 67.68% +1,167 Loser:
LIB
 1,067 32.32% George F. McKimm
After his election:
13 Mar 1913 76
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 5 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,745 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
12		 Ontario
13 December 1913
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21260(F) — 1 Jul 2023 15:31 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
76		 Successor:
CONS
 1,907 50.92% Adelbert E. Hanna

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Haggart, John Graham		  9 Dec 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Haggart, John Graham		  9 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Graham Haggart, P.C.		  9 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Graham Haggart, C.P.		  9 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Graham Haggart		  9 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
John Graham Haggart		  9 Dec 2023

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