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♂ John H. Devitt
aliasJohn H. Devitt
Record
15825 · 12760

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 1 5
Birth 1 February 1851 → 173 years + 3 months ago
Lived 89 years + 4 months
First mandate 25 January 1905 → 119 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 11 months
Death 14 June 1940 → 83 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 7 months after 19 October 1919
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 14 8 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Bragg  m 
 		 ⊖ William Rickard  m 
 
Eligible: 3,676 Votes: 3,265 Participation: 88.82% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33612(F) — 21 Oct 2023 12:51 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LC
 1/2 1,690 52.02% +131 Loser:
LIB
 1,559 47.98% William Rickard

Service: 3 years 4 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,618 Votes: 3,115 Participation: 86.10% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33800(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LC
 1/2 1,575 51.04% +64 Loser:
LIB
 1,511 48.96% Thomas Baker

Service: 3 years 6 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,518 Votes: 2,902 Participation: 82.49% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Ontario
11 December 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33906(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LC
 1/2 1,553 53.92% +226 Loser:
LIB
 1,327 46.08% Arthur Powers

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,214 Votes: 3,089 Participation: 73.30% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Ontario
29 June 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34017(F) — 29 Dec 2022 20:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LC
 1/2 1,647 53.63% +223 Loser:
LIB
 1,424 46.37% William Smith

Service: 5 years 3 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,942 Votes: 6,149 Participation: 77.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34150(F) — 17 Dec 2022 10:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
LC
 2/2 2,608 43.80% -738 Winner:
LIB
 3,346 56.20% William J. Bragg

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Henry Devitt		 05 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Henry Devitt		 05 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Henry Devitt		 05 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 16:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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