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♂ J. Earl Lawson
aliasJ. Earl Lawson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Canada 3 0 3
Birth 21 October 1891 → 132 years + 6 months ago
Lived 58 years + 6 months
First mandate 29 October 1928 → 95 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 37 years
Death 13 May 1950 → 73 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 1 month after 25 March 1940
Special notes
None
 
J. Earl Lawson (1891–1950)
© Photo 1936 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Always the best man, never the groom... In 1938, a few months following his failed attempt to win the federal leadership of the Conservative Party, he placed second to George Drew at the Ontario party's provincial leadership convention.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 11 4 23

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 17
LC
 1 Minister 43–44 14 Aug 1935 — 22 Oct 1935 0 2 8
 1. National Revenue

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Elmore Philpott  m 
 
 
Eligible: 49,888 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
16		 Ontario
29 October 1928
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 22303(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 8 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 62,645 Votes: 32,211 Participation: 51.42% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22465(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LC
 1/2 20,843 64.71% +9,475 Loser:
LIB
 11,368 35.29% William A. Edwards

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,998 Votes: 31,015 Participation: 72.13% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22736(F) — 5 Jul 2023 20:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LC
 1/4 11,596 37.39% +3,349 Loser:
CCF
 8,247 26.59% Luke Teskey
After his election:
10 Jul 1938 46
LC
 →
NCP
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 49,012 Votes: 33,582 Participation: 68.52% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23012(F) — 5 Jul 2023 22:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
NATG
 15,346 45.70% Alan Cockeram

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. James Earl Lawson, P.C., M.P.		 09 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. James Earl Lawson, C.P., député		 09 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Earl Lawson (politician)		 09 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
James Earl Lawson		 09 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Mar 2024 20:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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