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♂ John White Hughes Bassett
aliasJohn White Hughes Bassett
Record
2983 · 12417

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Birth 25 August 1915 → 108 years + 8 months ago
Lived 82 years + 8 months
First run 11 June 1945 → 78 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 9 months
Death 27 April 1998 → 26 years ago
 
Special notes
None
 
John White Hughes Bassett (1915–1998)
© Photo National Archives of Canada via Bassett Family Association — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Maurice Gingues  m 
 		 ⊖ Sylvester Perry Ryan  m 
 
Eligible: 29,868 Votes: 23,648 Participation: 79.18% Candidacies: 6
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23333(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
29
PC
 2/6 6,158 26.04% -3,394 Winner:
LIB
 9,552 40.39% Maurice Gingues
Eligible: inc. Votes: 26,738 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24643(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
46
PC
 2/5 9,088 33.99% -2,894 Winner:
LIB
 11,982 44.81% S. Perry Ryan

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
John White Hughes Bassett		 21 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Bassett, John White Hughes		 21 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John White Hughes Bassett, P.C.		 21 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John White Hughes Bassett, C.P.		 21 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Bassett		 21 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Bassett		 21 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Mar 2024 23:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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