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♂ John W. Burgess
aliasJohn W. Burgess
Record
8263 · 12348

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 19 May 1907 → 116 years + 11 months ago
Lived 83 years + 3 months
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 55 years
Death 1 September 1990 → 33 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 4 months after 7 April 1963
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 0 9 19

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Ernest J. Campbell  m 
 		 ⊖ Maclyn T. McCutcheon  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,447 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24614(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
55
LIB
 1/3 9,874 50.77% +822 Loser:
PC
 9,052 46.55% Ernest J. Campbell

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,971 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24878(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 2/4 9,496 47.55% -24 Winner:
PC
 9,520 47.67% Maclyn T. McCutcheon

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Wesley Burgess, M.P.		 29 Jul 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Wesley Burgess, député		 29 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Wesley Burgess		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 14:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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