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♂ John Queen
aliasJohn Queen
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
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Manitoba 5 1 6
Birth 11 February 1882 → 142 years + 3 months ago
Lived 64 years + 5 months
First mandate 29 June 1920 → 103 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 4 months
Death 15 July 1946 → 77 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 2 months after 21 April 1941
Special notes
None
 
John Queen (1882–1946)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Queen was one of the three convicted criminals (for his involvement in the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919) who was elected in the 1920 Manitoba general election. He was still in prison when elected. He served seven terms as mayor of Winnipeg from 1935 to 1942.
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Winnipeg, Manitoba (1935–1936; 1938–1942)
Mun./Co. Council Winnipeg, Manitoba (1916–1919)
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 20 9 18 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 15–16
SDP
 1 Party leader 36–38 01 Jan 1919 — 30 Nov 1920 1 10 29
2. MB 17–19
ILP
 2 Party leader 41–53 24 Jul 1923 — 30 Jun 1935 11 11 6

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
93 documented challengers
⊖ Victor Anderson  m 
⊖ George Armstrong  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ James Barry  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Royal Burritt  m 
⊖ George Chipman  m 
⊖ James Cowan  m 
⊖ Harriet S. Dick  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Donovan  m 
⊖ Bernard Dubienski  m 
⊖ Harrison Dysart  m 
⊖ William S. Evans  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Edward Fisher  m 
⊖ Walter Fulton  m 
⊖ Morris A. Gray  m 
⊖ Glen Hamilton  m 
⊖ Albert Hermanson  m 
⊖ Theodore Hunt  m 
⊖ William Ivens  m  (6 runoffs)
⊖ Dickie Johns  m 
⊖ Bill Kardash  m 
⊖ Huntly Ketchen  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Stephen Krawchyk  m 
⊖ George Lawrence  m 
⊖ Walter Lindal  m 
⊖ Robert Newton Lowery  m 
⊖ Jessie M.M. Maclennan  f 
⊖ Ralph Maybank  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Daniel McLean  m 
⊖ Edward W. Montgomery  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Morden  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas J. Murray  m 
⊖ Asta A. Oddson  f 
⊖ Jacob Penner  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William A. Pritchard  m 
⊖ Arthur W. Puttee  m 
⊖ John Reid  m 
⊖ Hugh Robson  m 
⊖ Frank Russell  m 
⊖ Frank Sedziak  m 
⊖ Charles R. Smith  m 
⊖ Max Steinkopf  m 
⊖ Arthur Sullivan  m 
⊖ Solly Thorvaldson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Tobias  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William J. Tupper  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick Warriner  m 
⊖ James Winning  m 
 		 ⊖ Constantine Andrusyshen  m 
⊖ Paul Bardal  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Beatrice A. Brigden  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Duncan Cameron  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ William Christie  m 
⊖ Richard W. Craig  m 
⊖ Fred Dixon  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Downes  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Robert Durward  m 
⊖ Árni Eggertsson  m 
⊖ Seymour Farmer  m  (5 runoffs)
⊖ C.H. Forrester  m 
⊖ Robert Alexander Gillespie  m 
⊖ John Haig  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Martha J.R. Hample  f 
⊖ Madeline E. Hryniewiecki  f 
⊖ Marcus Hyman  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert Jacob  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas Johnson  m 
⊖ Clarence Keith  m 
⊖ Stanley Knowles  m 
⊖ Frederick Law  m 
⊖ James Lightfoot  m 
⊖ James Litterick  m 
⊖ John MacLean  m 
⊖ William Major  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John S. McDiarmid  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William Milton  m 
⊖ Jack Moore  m 
⊖ Leslie Morris  m 
⊖ Charles Newcombe  m 
⊖ William Parrish  m 
⊖ Matthew Popovitch  m 
⊖ George W. Prout  m 
⊖ Laurier Régnier  m 
⊖ Cecil Rice-Jones  m 
⊖ Edith Rogers  f  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Robert B. Russell  m 
⊖ James Simpkin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Lewis Stubbs  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Stovel  m 
⊖ Wesley Swail  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Fred Tipping  m 
⊖ Walter H. Trueman  m 
⊖ Leo Warde  m 
⊖ Ralph Webb  m 
 
Eligible: 62,255 Votes: 47,427 Participation: 76.18% Candidacies: 41
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37184(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
38
SDP
 5/41 1,253 2.64% -282 Loser:
SOC
 1,535 3.24% Robert B. Russell

Service: 2 years 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 61,662 Votes: 44,328 Participation: 71.89% Candidacies: 43
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37233(F) — 24 Sep 2023 10:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
IND
 6/43 2,348 5.30% +753 Loser:
LIB
 1,595 3.60% Duncan Cameron
After his election:
27 Jul 1923 41
IND
 →
ILP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 11 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 67,124 Votes: 50,706 Participation: 62.30% Candidacies: 25
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37331(F) — 3 Sep 2023 09:46 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
45
ILP
 4/25 3,985 7.86% +1,938 Loser:
MOD
 2,047 4.04% John K. Downes

Service: 4 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 119,754 Votes: 76,991 Participation: 64.29% Candidacies: 29
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37381(F) — 15 May 2024 14:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
ILCF
 2/29 9,302 12.08% +5,847 Loser:
COMM
 3,455 4.49% Leslie T. Morris

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 133,666 Votes: 80,830 Participation: 60.47% Candidacies: 21
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
27 July 1936
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37431(F) — 15 May 2024 14:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
ILCF
 4/21 2,709 3.41% -1,140 Loser:
LIBP
 3,849 4.85% Mary Dyma
After his election:
17 Nov 1940 58
ILCF
 →
CCF
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 8 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 137,437 Votes: 59,715 Participation: 43.45% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37477(F) — 24 Sep 2023 10:44 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
CCF
 11/27 2,170 3.70% -916 Winner:
CCF
 3,086 5.26% Morris A. Gray

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Queen, John		 12 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Queen, John		 12 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Queen (1882-1946)		 12 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Queen		 12 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 May 2024 15:25 (but data presented dynamically)

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