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♂ John Best
aliasJohn Best
Record
4619 · 11742

Australian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 11 July 1861 → 162 years + 9 months ago
Lived 61 years + 10 months
First mandate 22 December 1909 → 114 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 5 months
Death 7 June 1923 → 100 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 6 months after 5 December 1921
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 11 11 11

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Robert J. Woods  m 
 
 
Eligible: 5,813 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
11		 Ontario
22 December 1909
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 21012(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 8 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,533 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Ontario
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21077(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CONS
 1/2 2,496 70.65% +1,459 Loser:
LIB
 1,037 29.35% David B. Brown

Service: 6 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,603 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21335(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
UNIO
 1/2 3,797 82.49% +2,991 Loser:
LL
 806 17.51% Thomas C. Dryden

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,807 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21595(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
NLCP
 2/2 3,755 48.10% -297 Winner:
PROG
 4,052 51.90% Robert J. Woods

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Best, M.P.		 27 Jul 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Best, député		 27 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Best (Canadian politician)		 27 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Jul 2023 21:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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