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♂ John Newlands
aliasJohn Newlands
Record
46062 · 13015

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Ontario 1 2 3
Total 1 4 5
Birth 14 March 1889 → 135 years + 1 month ago
Lived ± 66 years
First mandate 2 March 1938 → 86 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 11 months
Death c. 1956 → 68 years ago
Exit → Death ± 12 years + 4 months after 3 August 1943
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 5 5 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Vernon C. Knowles  m 
⊖ Sydney C. Mewburn  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Samuel Lawrence  m 
⊖ Robert D. Thornberry  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,085 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21610(F) — 5 Jul 2023 17:48 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
32
LIB
 4/4 1,667 11.05% -4,653 Winner:
NLCP
 6,320 41.90% Sydney C. Mewburn
Eligible: 35,222 Votes: 20,160 Participation: 57.24% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Ontario
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21881(F) — 27 Jun 2023 14:17 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
36
LIB
 3/3 2,205 10.94% -13,464 Winner:
LC
 15,669 77.72% Sydney C. Mewburn
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
20		 Ontario
2 March 1938
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34818(F) — 25 Feb 2022 22:34 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 5 years 5 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,032 Votes: 18,367 Participation: 53.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34851(F) — 23 Dec 2022 13:06 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LIB
 3/3 4,560 25.10% -4,032 Winner:
CCF
 8,592 47.30% Robert D. Thornberry
Eligible: 34,558 Votes: 25,472 Participation: 73.71% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34942(F) — 23 Dec 2022 18:46 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 3/4 5,633 22.45% -3,458 Winner:
PC
 9,091 36.23% Vernon C. Knowles

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Newlands		 04 Sep 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Newlands		 04 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Newlands		 04 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Newlands (Canadian politician)		 04 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Sep 2023 13:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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