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♂ John R. Neff
aliasJohn R. Neff
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
North-Western Territories 3 1 4
Birth 14 December 1843 → 180 years + 5 months ago
Lived 69 years + 11 months
First mandate 30 June 1888 → 135 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 6 months
Death 14 November 1913 → 110 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 11 days after 3 November 1898
Special notes
None
 

John R. Neff (1843–1913)
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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
North-Western Territories 10 4 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Alexander S. Smith  m 
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
1		 North-Western Territories
30 June 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30479(F) — 28 Dec 2023 21:54 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 4 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
2		 North-Western Territories
7 November 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30497(F) — 28 Dec 2023 21:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 11 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 971 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
3		 North-Western Territories
31 October 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30528(F) — 28 Dec 2023 21:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
IND
 1/2 561 57.78% +151 Loser:
IND
 410 42.22% Neil G. McCallum

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,006 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
4		 North-Western Territories
4 November 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30558(F) — 28 Dec 2023 21:54 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
IND
 2/2 392 38.97% -222 Winner:
IND
 614 61.03% Alexander S. Smith

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
HON John Ryerson Neff		 28 Dec 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 9-11, 18, 28)		 28 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Ryerson Neff		 28 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Dec 2023 21:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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