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♂ John Caven
aliasJohn Caven
Record
10050 · 12710

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth c. August 1832 → 191 years + 9 months ago
Lived ± 65 years
First mandate 26 June 1894 → 129 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 61 years
Death 8 April 1898 → 126 years ago
Exit → Death 1 month + 11 days after 28 February 1898
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 3 8 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William R. Dempsey  m 
 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±61
LIPA
 1/3 2,149 53.35% +667 Loser:
LC
 1,482 36.79% James Gibson

Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,730 Votes: 4,479 Participation: 78.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33475(F) — 5 Aug 2023 14:26 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±65
IND
 2/3 2,030 45.89% -357 Winner:
LC
 2,387 53.96% William R. Dempsey

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Caven		 01 Aug 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Caven		 01 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Caven		 01 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Caven (Canadian politician)		 01 Aug 2023

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Rev.:  1 Aug 2023 20:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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