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♂ John Mercer Reid
aliasJohn Reid
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Birth 8 February 1937 → 87 years + 2 months ago
Lived 85 years + 6 months
First mandate 8 November 1965 → 58 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 28 years + 9 months
Death 25 August 2022 → 1 year + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 11 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
John Mercer Reid (1937–2022)
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ T. Patrick Reid (1943–) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 18 9 20

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊕ John E. Parry  m  (3 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 36,558 Votes: 26,194 Participation: 71.65% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25143(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
28
LIB
 1/3 11,488 44.31% +3,699 Loser:
PC
 7,789 30.04% Jean Millar

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,510 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9983(F) — 29 Aug 2022 18:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
LLAB
 1/3 10,144 49.46% +4,433 Loser:
NDP
 5,711 27.84% Harvey H. Moats

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 31,910 Votes: 23,014 Participation: 72.12% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10238(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/4 9,241 40.15% +1,003 Loser:
PC
 8,238 35.80% Arnold Beebe

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 33,993 Votes: 23,197 Participation: 68.24% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10502(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/3 10,319 44.80% +2,498 Loser:
PC
 7,821 33.95% Arnold Beebe

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,771 Votes: 33,544 Participation: 68.78% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4444(F) — 29 Aug 2022 18:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/5 11,793 35.16% +949 Loser:
NDP
 10,844 32.33% John E. Parry

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 48,771 Votes: 34,872 Participation: 71.50% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4162(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/4 14,688 42.33% +366 Loser:
NDP
 14,322 41.27% John E. Parry

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,888 Votes: 36,049 Participation: 70.84% Candidacies: 3
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3877(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
LIB
 3/3 9,928 27.62% -3,391 Winner:
NDP
 13,319 37.05% John E. Parry

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Mercer Reid, P.C., M.P.		 20 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Mercer Reid, C.P., député		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Mercer Reid		 20 Apr 2024

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