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♂ John O. Bower
aliasJohn O. Bower
Record
6558 · 10149

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 14 October 1901 → 122 years + 6 months ago
Lived 79 years + 3 months
First mandate 8 November 1965 → 58 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 64 years
Death 16 January 1981 → 43 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 6 months after 24 June 1968
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 2 7 15

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Frederick T. Armstrong  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,422 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Nova Scotia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24841(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
61
PC
 2/4 10,380 46.29% -1,227 Winner:
LIB
 11,607 51.77% Frederick T. Armstrong
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,166 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Nova Scotia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25110(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
64
PC
 1/3 10,744 48.47% +860 Loser:
LIB
 9,884 44.59% Frederick T. Armstrong

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,781 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9954(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
PC
 14,543 52.35% Louis-Roland Comeau

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Oates Bower, M.P.		 28 Jul 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Oates Bower, député		 28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Oates Bower		 28 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jul 2023 17:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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