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♂ John H. Dickenson
aliasJohn H. Dickenson
Record
16014 · 11958

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 3 0 3
Total 3 1 4
Birth 3 August 1847 → 176 years + 9 months ago
Lived 84 years + 5 months
First mandate 24 January 1896 → 128 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 5 months
Death 3 January 1932 → 92 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 11 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 8 11 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Gordon C. Wilson  m 
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
8		 Ontario
24 January 1896
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33730(F) — 5 Aug 2023 18:56 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 2 years 1 month 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,754 Votes: 3,139 Participation: 83.62% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33496(F) — 5 Aug 2023 18:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 1,649 52.78% +174 Loser:
LC
 1,475 47.22% Sanford Evans

Service: 4 years 2 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,609 Votes: 2,845 Participation: 78.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33589(F) — 5 Aug 2023 18:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/3 1,526 53.66% +299 Loser:
LC
 1,227 43.14% Erland See

Service: 2 years 7 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,521 Votes: 2,764 Participation: 78.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33691(F) — 30 Dec 2022 15:10 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
LIB
 1,490 54.01% Daniel Reed
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,964 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21408(F) — 5 Aug 2023 18:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
70
LL
 2/3 3,387 24.26% -5,683 Winner:
UNIO
 9,070 64.95% Gordon C. Wilson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Urwin Dickenson		 05 Aug 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Dickenson		 05 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Dickenson		 05 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Dickenson (Canadian politician)		 05 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 18:57 (but data presented dynamically)

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