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♂ John Muirhead
aliasJohn Muirhead
Record
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United Church     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 2 5
Birth 11 July 1877 → 146 years + 10 months ago
Lived 76 years + 6 months
First mandate 18 July 1922 → 101 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 45 years
Death 22 January 1954 → 70 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 5 months after 26 July 1936
Special notes
None
 
John Muirhead (1877–1954)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

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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 14 0 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John Lawrie  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Reuben Waugh  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 3,196 Votes: 2,421 Participation: 75.75% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37218(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
45
PROG
 1/2 1,279 52.83% +137 Loser:
CONS
 1,142 47.17% Reuben J. Waugh

Service: 4 years 11 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,291 Votes: 2,648 Participation: 80.46% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37316(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PROG
 1/2 1,341 50.64% +34 Loser:
CONS
 1,307 49.36% Reuben J. Waugh

Service: 4 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,694 Votes: 3,310 Participation: 89.60% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37366(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIBP
 1/2 1,773 53.56% +236 Loser:
CONS
 1,537 46.44% Reuben J. Waugh

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,978 Votes: 3,112 Participation: 78.23% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
27 July 1936
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37416(F) — 15 Sep 2022 08:02 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIBP
 2/3 1,014 33.62% -62 Winner:
CONS
 1,076 35.68% John P. Lawrie
Eligible: 3,844 Votes: 2,582 Participation: 67.17% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37462(F) — 16 Sep 2022 18:19 ET
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 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
63
LIBP
 2/2 1,243 49.13% -44 Winner:
CONS
 1,287 50.87% John P. Lawrie

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Muirhead, John		 14 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Muirhead, John		 14 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Muirhead (1877-1954)		 14 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Muirhead		 14 May 2024

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