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♂ Lewis W. Johnstone
aliasLewis W. Johnstone
Record
30351 · 10124

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 10 April 1862 → 162 years ago
Lived 73 years + 10 months
First mandate 29 October 1925 → 98 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 63 years + 6 months
Death 9 March 1936 → 88 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 4 months + 25 days after 13 October 1935
Special notes
None
 

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 9 11 12

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Daniel A. Cameron  m 
⊖ Fenwick L. Kelly  m 
 		 ⊖ Michael Dwyer  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 16,106 Votes: 11,182 Participation: 69.43% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Nova Scotia
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21855(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:37 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
63
LC
 1/2 6,873 61.46% +2,564 Loser:
LIB
 4,309 38.54% Fenwick L. Kelly
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 64
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 16,106 Votes: 10,975 Participation: 68.14% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Nova Scotia
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22099(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LC
 1/2 6,284 57.26% +1,593 Loser:
LIB
 4,691 42.74% Michael Dwyer

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,646 Votes: 12,259 Participation: 83.70% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Nova Scotia
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22373(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LC
 1/2 7,075 57.71% +1,891 Loser:
LIB
 5,184 42.29% Michael Dwyer

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,542 Votes: 13,901 Participation: 79.24% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Nova Scotia
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22645(F) — 25 Jan 2022 21:54 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
73
LC
 2/3 4,067 29.26% -2,390 Winner:
LIB
 6,457 46.45% Daniel A. Cameron

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone		 18 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone		 18 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone		 18 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Aug 2023 20:03 (but data presented dynamically)

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