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♂ John Keith Riddell
aliasJack Riddell
Record
52595 · 11178

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 6 0 6
Birth 10 December 1931 → 92 years + 4 months ago
Lived 92 years + 1 month
First mandate 15 March 1973 → 51 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 41 years + 3 months
Death 23 January 2024 → 3 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 4 months after 5 September 1990
Special notes
None
 
John Keith Riddell (1931–2024)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — 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
Ontario 17 5 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Paul Klopp  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
29		 Ontario
15 March 1973
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32590(F) — 26 Feb 2022 13:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 2 years 6 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 29,030 Votes: 22,097 Participation: 76.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12461(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 11,893 54.04% +3,795 Loser:
PC
 8,098 36.79% James Hayter

Service: 1 year 8 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 30,130 Votes: 23,116 Participation: 76.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12085(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/3 12,749 55.35% +3,871 Loser:
PC
 8,878 38.55% G. McKinley

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 30,927 Votes: 20,588 Participation: 66.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12211(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/3 10,707 52.24% +2,089 Loser:
PC
 8,618 42.05% James Britnell

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 32,045 Votes: 22,658 Participation: 70.71% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
 LIB  26 Jun 1985
ID: 12336(F) — 6 Jul 2023 20:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 13,820 61.21% +6,439 Loser:
PC
 7,381 32.69% Bryan Smith
After his election:
26 Jun 1985 53
PC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 2 years 4 months 7 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 39,736 Votes: 26,849 Participation: 67.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5603(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/3 16,099 60.38% +9,374 Loser:
PC
 6,725 25.22% Nico Peters

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,979 Votes: 29,289 Participation: 71.47% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5473(F) — 6 Sep 2021 22:06 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
NDP
 10,020 34.47% Paul Klopp

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Keith Riddell		 11 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Keith Riddell		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jack Riddell		 11 Apr 2024

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