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♂ John Hay
aliasJohn Hay
Record
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Protestant     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 4 2 6
Birth 16 December 1858 → 165 years + 5 months ago
Lived 66 years + 1 month
First mandate 5 March 1910 → 114 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 2 months
Death 16 January 1925 → 99 years + 4 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

John Hay (1858–1925)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Lachute, Québec (1907–1909)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 10 10 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Jos.-Léon Saint-Jacques  m 
⊖ Harry Slater  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ William Simpson  m 
 
Eligible: 2,821 Votes: 1,793 Participation: 63.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Québec
8 March 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15281(F) — 31 May 2024 21:34 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
33
QLP
 2/2 869 48.96% -37 Winner:
CONS
 906 51.04% William J. Simpson
Eligible: 3,950 Votes: 2,585 Participation: 65.44% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Québec
5 March 1910
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 26329(F) — 31 May 2024 21:34 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
QLP
 1/2 1,332 51.53% +79 Loser:
CONS
 1,253 48.47% Harry Slater

Service: 2 years 2 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,312 Votes: 3,143 Participation: 72.89% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Québec
15 May 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15650(F) — 31 May 2024 21:34 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
QLP
 2/2 1,502 48.11% -118 Winner:
CONS
 1,620 51.89% Harry Slater
Eligible: 4,207 Votes: 2,865 Participation: 68.10% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Québec
22 May 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15732(F) — 31 May 2024 21:34 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
57
QLP
 1/2 1,995 70.44% +1,158 Loser:
CONS
 837 29.56% Harry Slater

Service: 3 years 1 month (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,959 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
15		 Québec
23 June 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15813(F) — 31 May 2024 21:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 7 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,473 Votes: 3,052 Participation: 68.23% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Québec
5 February 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15931(F) — 31 May 2024 21:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
QLP
 1/2 1,598 52.86% +173 Loser:
CONS
 1,425 47.14% Jos.-Léon Saint-Jacques
After his election:
16 Jan 1925 66
QLP
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 11 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,473 Votes: 3,413 Participation: 76.30% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Québec
30 November 1925
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 26379(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
66		 Successor:
CONS
 1,924 56.37% Jos.-Léon Saint-Jacques

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Hay		 31 May 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
John Hay		 31 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Hay (Canadian politician)		 31 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Hay (homme politique canadien)		 31 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 May 2024 21:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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