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♂ Howard Earl Johnston
aliasHoward Johnston
Record
30273 · 304

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 2 4
Birth 13 June 1928 → 96 years ago
Lived 72 years + 11 months
First mandate 8 November 1965 → 58 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 4 months
Death 5 June 2001 → 23 years ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 15 days after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 
Howard Earl Johnston (1928-2001)
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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 7 5 28

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Douglas Stewart  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,648 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 British Columbia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25060(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
SC
 1/5 4,294 27.44% +234 Loser:
LIB
 4,060 25.95% Frank F. Becker

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,596 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 British Columbia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9903(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
SC
 3/4 5,837 18.47% -5,533 Winner:
LIB
 11,370 35.99% W. Douglas Stewart
Eligible: 55,260 Votes: 37,929 Participation: 68.64% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 British Columbia
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10160(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
44
PC
 2/4 12,258 32.32% -158 Winner:
LIB
 12,416 32.73% W. Douglas Stewart
Eligible: 55,260 Votes: 43,134 Participation: 78.06% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 British Columbia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10424(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
46
PC
 1/5 17,164 39.79% +2,113 Loser:
LIB
 15,051 34.89% Hari Singh

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 64,118 Votes: 44,282 Participation: 69.06% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 British Columbia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4348(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
PC
 19,369 43.74% Donald N. Cameron

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Howard Earl Johnston, M.P.		  8 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Howard Earl Johnston, député		  8 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Howard Earl Johnston		  8 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Jun 2024 13:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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