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♂ John W.S. Biggar
aliasJohn W.S. Biggar
Record
4785 · 11814

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 21 March 1843 → 181 years + 1 month ago
Lived 54 years + 3 months
First mandate 28 December 1886 → 137 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 9 months
Death 3 July 1897 → 126 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 29 days after 4 June 1890
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 3 5 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Donald Sinclair  m 
 
 
Eligible: 4,684 Votes: 2,970 Participation: 63.41% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32860(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
36
LC
 2/2 1,284 43.23% -402 Winner:
LIB
 1,686 56.77% Donald Sinclair
Eligible: 4,938 Votes: 3,374 Participation: 68.33% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33137(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:29 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LC
 1/2 1,738 51.77% +119 Loser:
LIB
 1,619 48.23% J.M. Kilbourn

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,190 Votes: 3,676 Participation: 70.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33230(F) — 7 Oct 2023 21:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
LC
 1,835 50.23% John George

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Walter Scott Biggar		 27 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Walter Scott Biggar		 27 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Walter Scott Biggar		 27 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Jul 2023 22:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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