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♂ John Gunion Rutherford
aliasJohn Gunion Rutherford
Record
54474 · 5846

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Manitoba 2 0 2
Total 3 2 5
Birth 25 December 1857 → 166 years + 4 months ago
Lived 65 years + 6 months
First mandate 23 July 1892 → 131 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 6 months
Death 24 July 1923 → 100 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 8 months after 6 November 1900
Special notes
None
 
John Gunion Rutherford (1857–1923)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — 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 3 6 9
Manitoba 3 9 26 Z
TOTAL 7 4 5

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Nathaniel Boyd  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Kenneth McKenzie  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles Braithwaite  m 
 
Eligible: 804 Votes: 696 Participation: 86.57% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Manitoba
23 July 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36571(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 1/2 424 60.92% +152 Loser:
CONS
 272 39.08% J.E. Wallace

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 748 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36617(F) — 17 Mar 2022 19:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
20 May 1896 38
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 4 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,733 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
8		 Manitoba
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20042(F) — 29 Jul 2023 14:17 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
38
LIB
 2/3 2,038 35.55% -398 Winner:
CONS
 2,436 42.49% Nathaniel Boyd
Eligible: 748 Votes: 547 Participation: 73.13% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
19 November 1896
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36644(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
LIB
 299 54.66% James McKenzie
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,702 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Manitoba
27 April 1897
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20252(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
LIB
 1/2 2,619 55.70% +536 Loser:
CONS
 2,083 44.30% Kenneth McKenzie

Service: 3 years 6 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,576 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Manitoba
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20285(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
LIB
 2/2 3,710 48.97% -156 Winner:
CONS
 3,866 51.03% Nathaniel Boyd

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Rutherford, John Gunion		  1 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Rutherford, John Gunion		  1 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Gunion Rutherford (1857-1923)		  1 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Gunion Rutherford, M.P.		  1 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Gunion Rutherford, député		  1 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Gunion Rutherford		  1 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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