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♂ John Finlay
aliasJohn Finlay
Record
19808 · 12284

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 22 April 1837 → 187 years ago
Lived 73 years + 6 months
First mandate 3 November 1904 → 119 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 67 years + 6 months
Death 13 November 1910 → 113 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 19 days after 25 October 1908
Special notes
None
 

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 3 11 21

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John A. Sexsmith  m 
 
 
Eligible: 4,630 Votes: 3,122 Participation: 67.43% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20637(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
67
LIB
 1/2 1,588 51.13% +70 Loser:
CONS
 1,518 48.87% John A. Sexsmith

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,686 Votes: 3,477 Participation: 74.20% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Ontario
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20899(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
CONS
 1,922 55.52% John A. Sexsmith

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Finlay		  6 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Finlay		  6 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Finlay (Canadian politician)		  6 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Aug 2023 15:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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