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♂ John William Bosley
aliasJohn Bosley
Record
5956 · 1381

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Birth 4 May 1947 → 77 years + 1 month ago
Lived 74 years + 11 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 45 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 32 years
Death 28 April 2022 → 2 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 6 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
John William Bosley (1947–2022)
© Photo 2017 Andrew Scheer — licensed under CC0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Toronto, Ontario (1974–1978)
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
Canada 14 5 0

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 33
PC
 1 Speaker 37–39 04 Sep 1984 — 29 Sep 1986 2 0 25

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John Godfrey  m 
 
 
Eligible: 63,828 Votes: 52,555 Participation: 82.34% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4423(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
PC
 1/5 28,427 54.09% +10,310 Loser:
LIB
 18,117 34.47% Frank Felkai

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 63,828 Votes: 48,954 Participation: 76.70% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4141(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
PC
 1/5 25,260 51.76% +6,830 Loser:
LIB
 18,430 37.77% Frank Felkai

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 61,024 Votes: 50,199 Participation: 82.26% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3858(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
PC
 1/4 29,905 59.92% +17,050 Loser:
LIB
 12,855 25.76% David Wishart

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 51,896 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3563(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/7 27,683 53.34% +8,586 Loser:
LIB
 19,097 36.80% Liz Yorke

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 73,198 Votes: 52,300 Participation: 71.45% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3264(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
PC
 2/9 15,111 29.07% -10,763 Winner:
LIB
 25,874 49.77% John F. Godfrey

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John William Bosley, P.C.		  2 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John William Bosley, C.P.		  2 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Bosley (politician)		  2 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Jun 2024 11:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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