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♂ John F. Ford
aliasJohn F. Ford
Record
20368 · 12876

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 1 0 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 15 August 1862 → 161 years + 8 months ago
Lived 83 years + 7 months
First mandate 20 October 1919 → 104 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 2 months
Death 17 March 1946 → 78 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 1 month after 20 January 1920
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 0 3 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Robert K. Anderson  m 
 		 ⊖ Alfred W. Nixon  m 
 
Eligible: 14,558 Votes: 11,193 Participation: 76.89% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34163(F) — 4 Sep 2023 16:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
UFO
 1/3 4,456 40.33% +1,054 Loser:
LC
 3,402 30.79% Alfred W. Nixon
After his election:
20 Jan 1920 57
UFO
 →
Vac.
 To vacate the seat for someone else
Service: 3 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,189 Votes: 6,530 Participation: 46.02% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Ontario
16 February 1920
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34255(F) — 5 Nov 2022 20:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
UFO
 4,419 67.67% Ernest C. Drury
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,151 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21609(F) — 4 Sep 2023 16:11 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
59
PROG
 3/3 3,238 26.65% -2,026 Winner:
NLCP
 5,264 43.32% Robert K. Anderson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Featherstone Ford		 04 Sep 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Featherstone Ford		 04 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Featherstone Ford		 04 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Sep 2023 16:12 (but data presented dynamically)

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