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♂ Jonathan W. Cornett
aliasJonathan W. Cornett
Record
12627 · 13717

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 1 1 2
Total 1 2 3
Birth 10 March 1883 → 141 years + 1 month ago
Lived 90 years + 5 months
First mandate 18 July 1928 → 95 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 4 months
Death 19 August 1973 → 50 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 39 years + 9 months after 1 November 1933
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 5 3 14 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Arthur Laing  m 
⊖ Robert H. Neelands  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ W. Grace MacInnis  f 
 
Eligible: 8,310 Votes: 5,088 Participation: 61.23% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29281(F) — 19 Sep 2022 23:09 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
41
LC
 2/4 1,284 25.24% -687 Winner:
CLP
 1,971 38.74% Robert H. Neelands
Eligible: 8,630 Votes: 5,332 Participation: 61.78% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29370(F) — 19 Sep 2022 23:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
CONS
 1/4 2,452 47.45% +471 Loser:
ILP
 1,981 38.33% Robert H. Neelands

Service: 5 years 3 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,692 Votes: 72,268 Participation: 66.44% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29424(F) — 12 Feb 2023 01:34 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
LIB
 9,393 39.32% Robert Wilkinson
Eligible: 48,398 Votes: 33,212 Participation: 68.06% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 British Columbia
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23411(F) — 27 Jan 2022 14:33 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
66
PC
 3/3 9,462 28.72% -3,620 Winner:
LIB
 13,082 39.71% Arthur Laing

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Jonathan Webster Cornett		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 22:15 (but data presented dynamically)

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