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♂ John W. Berry
aliasJohn W. Berry
Record
4483 · 13721

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 2 3
Birth 18 December 1868 → 155 years + 4 months ago
Lived 74 years + 8 months
First mandate 18 July 1928 → 95 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 59 years + 7 months
Death 5 September 1943 → 80 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 10 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 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas W. Forster  m 
⊖ Alexander M. Paterson  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John Oliver  m 
⊖ Robert B. Swailes  m 
 
Eligible: 1,357 Votes: 712 Participation: 52.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28822(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
31
LC
 2/3 215 30.20% -109 Winner:
GOV
 324 45.51% John Oliver
Eligible: 6,078 Votes: 4,648 Participation: 76.47% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29344(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
59
CONS
 1/2 2,562 55.73% +527 Loser:
LIB
 2,035 44.27% Alexander M. Paterson

Service: 5 years 3 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,716 Votes: 7,184 Participation: 73.94% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29398(F) — 23 Jul 2023 23:09 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
ICON
 4/6 447 6.28% -2,184 Winner:
CFF
 2,631 36.95% Robert B. Swailes

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John Walter Berry		 27 Jul 2023
FR Wikipédia
John Walter Berry		 27 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Jul 2023 21:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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