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♂ J. Kenneth McKinnon
aliasJ. Kenneth McKinnon
Record
41876 · 7094

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Yukon 2 2 4
Total 2 3 5
Birth 20 April 1936 → 88 years ago
Lived 82 years + 10 months
First mandate 8 September 1970 → 53 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 4 months
Death 13 March 2019 → 5 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 3 months after 19 November 1978
Special notes
None
 
J. Kenneth McKinnon (1936–2019) 200x158
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Yukon — 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
Yukon 8 2 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Donald W. Branigan  m 
⊕ Louise F. Hardy  f 
⊖ John V. Watt  m 
 		 ⊕ Margaret M. Commodore Joe  f 
⊖ E. Geoffrey Lattin  m 
 
Eligible: 1,622 Votes: 1,023 Participation: 63.07% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
22		 Yukon
8 September 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30354(F) — 9 Oct 2023 00:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
IND
 1/3 444 43.57% +150 Loser:
IND
 294 28.85% John V. Watt

Service: 4 years 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,178 Votes: 644 Participation: 54.67% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
23		 Yukon
7 October 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30343(F) — 17 Jan 2023 19:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
IND
 1/2 458 71.56% +276 Loser:
IND
 182 28.44% John Hoyt

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 753 Votes: 511 Participation: 67.86% Candidacies: 4
Territorial
24		 Yukon
20 November 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 27128(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:43 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
IND
 2/4 141 27.76% -12 Winner:
PC
 153 30.12% E. Geoffrey Lattin
Eligible: 830 Votes: 609 Participation: 73.37% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
26		 Yukon
13 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 27162(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:44 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
49
PC
 2/3 241 39.70% -59 Winner:
NDP
 300 49.42% Margaret M. Commodore Joe
Eligible: 19,934 Votes: 13,915 Participation: 69.81% Candidacies: 6
Federal
36		 Yukon
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3145(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
61
PC
 4/6 1,928 13.94% -2,074 Winner:
NDP
 4,002 28.94% Louise F. Hardy

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Ken McKinnon (politician)		 02 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Kenneth McKinnon		 02 Jan 2024
EN Yukon Legislature Speaks
John Kenneth (Ken) McKinnon		 02 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Jan 2024 21:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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