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♂ John G. Barnston
aliasJohn G. Barnston
Record
2780 · 13195

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 1 2
Birth 17 April 1835 → 189 years ago
Lived 48 years + 8 months
First mandate 22 June 1872 → 151 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 2 months
Death 22 December 1883 → 140 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 3 months after 11 September 1875
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
British Columbia 3 2 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Robert Dunsmuir  m 
 		 ⊖ William Raybould  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 246 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
1		 British Columbia
22 June 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28613(F) — 26 Jul 2023 22:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
GOV
 1/3 132 53.66% +41 Loser:
IND
 91 36.99% Edward Pearson

Service: 3 years 2 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 473 Votes: 852 Participation: 60.04% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
20 October 1875
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28620(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
40		 Successor:
IOPP
 173 60.92% John Evans
Eligible: 553 Votes: 770 Participation: 69.62% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
23 July 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28663(F) — 26 Jul 2023 22:23 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
47
GOV
 5/5 37 9.61% -148 Winner:
OPPO
 185 48.05% William Raybould

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John George Barnston		 26 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
John George Barnston		 26 Jul 2023
FR Wikipédia
John George Barnston		 26 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Jul 2023 22:23 (but data presented dynamically)

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