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♂ John B. Stewart
aliasJohn B. Stewart
Record
59072 · 10117

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 19 November 1924 → 99 years + 5 months ago
Lived 90 years + 6 months
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 6 months
Death 11 June 2015 → 8 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 46 years + 11 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
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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
Canada 6 0 4

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Louis-Roland Comeau  m 
 		 ⊖ Clement A. O'Leary  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,791 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Nova Scotia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24567(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
LIB
 1/4 6,296 49.22% +113 Loser:
PC
 6,183 48.34% Clement A. O'Leary

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,782 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
26		 Nova Scotia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24831(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 6,947 54.35% +1,112 Loser:
PC
 5,835 45.65% Jack Forbes

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,601 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Nova Scotia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25100(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/3 6,210 49.28% +47 Loser:
PC
 6,163 48.91% D. Hugh Gillis

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,781 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9954(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LIB
 2/4 12,290 44.24% -2,253 Winner:
PC
 14,543 52.35% Louis-Roland Comeau

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John B. Stewart, M.P., Senator		  7 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John B. Stewart, député, sénateur		  7 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Benjamin Stewart		  7 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Jan 2024 00:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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