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♂ John Gordon Cobb
aliasJack Cobb
Record
11698 · 14114

Anglican     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 0 2
Birth 18 January 1903 → 121 years + 4 months ago
Lived 56 years + 7 months
First mandate 16 June 1958 → 65 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 4 months
Death 20 August 1959 → 64 years + 8 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
John Gordon Cobb (1903–1959)
© Photo Legislative Library, via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Melita, Manitoba (1953–1959) Died in office
Mun./Co. Council Melita, Manitoba
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
Manitoba 1 2 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 6,493 Votes: 4,826 Participation: 74.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37634(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
PC
 1/3 2,072 43.19% +40 Loser:
LIBP
 2,032 42.36% John W. McRae

Service: 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,369 Votes: 5,023 Participation: 78.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37691(F) — 20 Mar 2022 21:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/3 2,513 50.25% +581 Loser:
LIBP
 1,932 38.63% John W. McRae
After his election:
20 Aug 1959 56
PC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,369 Votes: 4,005 Participation: 62.88% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
26 November 1959
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37748(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 2,043 51.01% J. Douglas Watt

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Cobb, John G.		 18 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Cobb, John G.		 18 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Gordon "Jack" Cobb (1903-1959)		 18 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Cobb (Manitoba politician)		 18 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 May 2024 14:08 (but data presented dynamically)

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