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♂ John M. Gibson
aliasJohn M. Gibson
Record
22804 · 11783

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 73%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 8 3 11
Birth 1 January 1842 → 182 years + 4 months ago
Lived 87 years + 5 months
First mandate 5 June 1879 → 144 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 5 months
Death 3 June 1929 → 94 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 4 months after 24 January 1905
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
Ontario 24 2 14 Z

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 11  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Andrew A. Colquhoun  m 
⊖ Thomas H. Stinson  m 
 		 ⊖ James J. Craig  m 
 
Eligible: 7,479 Votes: 4,418 Participation: 59.07% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32881(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 2,240 50.70% +62 Loser:
LC
 2,178 49.30% ? Murray

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,345 Votes: 5,263 Participation: 63.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32969(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 2,077 39.78% +155 Loser:
LC
 1,922 36.81% ? Martin

Service: 3 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,013 Votes: 6,951 Participation: 63.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33158(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 3,068 44.53% +435 Loser:
LC
 2,633 38.22% John Burns
After his election:
18 Jan 1889 47
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 years 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
6		 Ontario
31 January 1889
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33703(F) — 11 Oct 2022 13:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,408 Votes: 8,174 Participation: 78.54% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33251(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:17 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LIB
 2/2 4,025 49.47% -86 Winner:
LC
 4,111 50.53% Thomas H. Stinson
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Ontario
24 February 1891
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33711(F) — 22 Feb 2022 07:25 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
49
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 3 years 4 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,740 Votes: 4,523 Participation: 78.80% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33406(F) — 31 Dec 2022 09:46 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 2,468 55.10% +457 Loser:
CPP
 2,011 44.90% William Hancock

Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,427 Votes: 5,303 Participation: 82.51% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33435(F) — 30 Dec 2022 18:55 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 2/2 2,474 47.34% -278 Winner:
LC
 2,752 52.66% Andrew A. Colquhoun
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
9		 Ontario
27 October 1898
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33735(F) — 22 Feb 2022 23:39 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
56
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 3 years 7 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,233 Votes: 3,689 Participation: 70.49% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33585(F) — 30 Dec 2022 16:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 2,071 56.16% +454 Loser:
LC
 1,617 43.84% W.E. Tookey

Service: 2 years 7 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,928 Votes: 3,666 Participation: 74.39% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33687(F) — 3 Aug 2023 10:09 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
LIB
 2/2 1,738 47.64% -172 Winner:
LC
 1,910 52.36% James J. Craig

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Gibson, Sir John Morison		 08 Aug 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Gibson, sir John Morison		 08 Aug 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Morison Gibson		 08 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Morison Gibson		 08 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Morison Gibson		 08 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Aug 2023 22:12 (but data presented dynamically)

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