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♂ John Wilfred Kennedy
aliasJohn Kennedy
Record
31393 · 12048

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 10 October 1879 → 144 years + 6 months ago
Lived 70 years + 1 month
First mandate 27 October 1919 → 104 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 40 years
Death 19 November 1949 → 74 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 22 days after 28 October 1925
Special notes
None
 
John Wilfred Kennedy (1879–1949)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Kenyon Township, Ontario (1919)
Mun./Co. Council Kenyon Township, Ontario (1913–1918)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 6 0 0

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Archibald J. Macdonald  m 
 		 ⊖ Angus McGillis  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,786 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Ontario
27 October 1919
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
 NLCP  10 Jul 1920
ID: 21509(F) — 5 Jul 2023 15:55 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
UFOL
 1/2 7,581 59.29% +2,376 Loser:
UNIO
 5,205 40.71% Chilion L. Hervey
After his election:
10 Jul 1920 40
UNIO
 →
NLCP
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
Service: 2 years 1 month 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,154 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21604(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PROG
 1/3 6,320 39.12% +378 Loser:
LIB
 5,942 36.78% Joseph-Elphège Chevrier

Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,989 Votes: 7,932 Participation: 72.18% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Ontario
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21875(F) — 27 Jun 2023 14:08 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
PROG
 3/3 2,519 31.76% -266 Winner:
LIB
 2,785 35.11% Archibald J. Macdonald

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Wilfred Kennedy, M.P.		 27 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Wilfred Kennedy, député		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Wilfred Kennedy		 27 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Apr 2024 19:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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