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♂ John William Welbourn
aliasJohn Welbourn
Record
64535 · 7932

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 11 April 1900 → 124 years + 1 month ago
Lived 65 years + 7 months
First mandate 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 2 months
Death 14 November 1965 → 58 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 3 months after 9 August 1953
Special notes
None
 
John William Welbourn (1900–1965)
© Photo 1949 House of Commons (Canada) — 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 4 1 12

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Walter Kuhl  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Charles Yuill  m 
 
Eligible: 27,566 Votes: 19,749 Participation: 71.64% Candidacies: 5
Federal
20		 Alberta
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23130(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
45
LIB
 2/5 4,829 24.45% -2,484 Winner:
SC
 7,313 37.03% Walter F. Kuhl
Eligible: 30,183 Votes: 20,182 Participation: 66.87% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Alberta
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23391(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
LIB
 1/4 7,288 36.48% +491 Loser:
SC
 6,797 34.02% Walter F. Kuhl

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,133 Votes: 18,975 Participation: 62.97% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Alberta
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23682(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LIB
 2/4 6,938 36.89% -701 Winner:
SC
 7,639 40.62% Charles Yuill

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John William Welbourn		  4 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John William Welbourn		  4 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
John William Welbourn		  4 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 May 2024 20:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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