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♂ John Bryden
aliasJohn Bryden
Record
7963 · 13282

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 3 1 4
Birth 3 December 1833 → 190 years + 4 months ago
Lived 81 years + 3 months
First mandate 15 September 1875 → 148 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 9 months
Death 27 March 1915 → 109 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 9 months after 8 June 1900
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 7 2 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ David W. Gordon  m 
⊖ Ralph Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Wm. Wallace B. McInnes  m 
 
Eligible: 285 Votes: 246 Participation: 86.32% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
15 September 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28626(F) — 23 Jul 2023 15:40 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
REF
 1/3 128 52.03% +12 Loser:
IND
 116 47.15% David W. Gordon
After his election:
16 Sep 1875 41
REF
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
15 Dec 1876 43
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 3 months (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 285 Votes: 260 Participation: 91.23% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
19 January 1877
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28637(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
IGOV
 103 39.62% David W. Gordon
Eligible: 702 Votes: 550 Participation: 78.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28735(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
60
GOV
 1/2 411 74.73% +272 Loser:
LAB
 139 25.27% Ralph Smith

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 768 Votes: 402 Participation: 52.34% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28769(F) — 23 Jul 2023 20:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
GOV
 1/2 249 61.94% +96 Loser:
OPPO
 153 38.06% Walter J.G. Hellier
After his election:
10 Jul 1898 64
GOV
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 1 year 10 months 30 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 826 Votes: 506 Participation: 61.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28811(F) — 23 Jul 2023 22:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
OPPO
 2/3 195 38.54% -43 Winner:
IND
 238 47.04% Wm. Wallace B. McInnes

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John Bryden (MLA)		 28 Jul 2023
FR Wikipédia
John Bryden (homme politique britanno-colombien)		 28 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jul 2023 23:04 (but data presented dynamically)

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