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♂ John A. Sprague
aliasJohn A. Sprague
Record
58289 · 11917

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 0 2
Birth 10 April 1844 → 180 years ago
Lived 63 years + 4 months
First mandate 28 December 1886 → 137 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 8 months
Death 14 August 1907 → 116 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 1 month after 25 June 1894
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 7 5 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William Anderson  m 
 
 
Eligible: 5,846 Votes: 4,243 Participation: 72.58% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33197(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 2,155 50.96% +81 Loser:
LC
 2,074 49.04% William Anderson

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,716 Votes: 4,099 Participation: 71.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33290(F) — 31 Dec 2022 13:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 2,040 50.09% +7 Loser:
LC
 2,033 49.91% J.A. Johnson

Service: 4 years 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,703 Votes: 4,049 Participation: 71.00% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33380(F) — 1 Aug 2023 20:57 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
LIPA
 2,149 53.35% John Caven

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Allison Sprague		 23 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Allison Sprague		 23 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Allison Sprague		 23 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Oct 2023 20:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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