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♂ John Holmes
aliasJohn Holmes
Record
28006 · 5033

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth c. 1828 → 196 years ago
Lived ± 51 years
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age ± 39 years
Death 22 September 1879 → 144 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 2 months after 19 July 1872
Special notes
None
 

John Holmes (c.1828–1879)
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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 4 11 12

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John Rochester  m  (3 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,093 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17629(F) — 27 Nov 2021 21:35 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
±39
LC
 1/2 1,087 51.94% +81 Loser:
CONS
 1,006 48.06% John Rochester

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,933 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18521(F) — 25 Jun 2023 15:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±44
LC
 2/4 901 46.61% -123 Winner:
CONS
 1,024 52.97% John Rochester
Eligible: 3,145 Votes: 1,848 Participation: 58.76% Candidacies: 3
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18753(F) — 28 Nov 2021 09:42 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
±46
LC
 2/3 631 34.15% -239 Winner:
CONS
 870 47.08% John Rochester

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Holmes		 24 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Holmes, M.P.		 24 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Holmes, député		 24 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Holmes (Ontario politician)		 24 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Dec 2023 18:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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