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♂ John R. Barber
aliasJohn R. Barber
Record
2612 · 11622

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 0 3
Birth 5 July 1841 → 182 years + 9 months ago
Lived 75 years + 7 months
First mandate 1 March 1898 → 126 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 7 months
Death 3 March 1917 → 107 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 1 month after 24 January 1905
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William Barber (c. 1808–1887) Uncle  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 6 8 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William Kerns  m 
 		 ⊖ Alfred W. Nixon  m 
 
Eligible: 5,856 Votes: 4,962 Participation: 84.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33433(F) — 30 Dec 2022 18:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 2,531 51.25% +123 Loser:
LC
 2,408 48.75% William Kerns
After his election:
12 Oct 1898 57
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 7 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,856 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
9		 Ontario
8 December 1898
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33738(F) — 22 Feb 2022 23:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 3 years 5 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,684 Votes: 4,769 Participation: 83.90% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33526(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 2,365 50.17% +16 Loser:
LC
 2,349 49.83% Alfred W. Nixon

Service: 2 years 7 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,503 Votes: 4,551 Participation: 82.70% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33625(F) — 30 Dec 2022 12:57 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LC
 2,522 55.62% Alfred W. Nixon

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Roaf Barber		 26 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Roaf Barber		 26 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Roaf Barber		 26 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Jul 2023 21:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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