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♂ John Houston
aliasJohn Houston
Record
28346 · 13793

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 1 3
Birth c. November 1850 → 173 years + 5 months ago
Lived ± 59 years
First mandate 9 June 1900 → 123 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 49 years
Death 8 March 1910 → 114 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 1 month after 1 February 1907
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 6 7 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ George A.B. Hall  m 
⊖ James H.A. Schofield  m 
 		 ⊖ John F. Hume  m 
 
Eligible: 2,520 Votes: 1,548 Participation: 61.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28817(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±49
PROV
 1/3 747 48.26% +239 Loser:
LC
 508 32.82% Frank Fletcher

Service: 3 years 2 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 973 Votes: 781 Participation: 80.27% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
5 September 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28859(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±52
LC
 1/2 424 54.29% +67 Loser:
LIB
 357 45.71% Sidney S. Taylor

Service: 3 years 4 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,347 Votes: 711 Participation: 52.78% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
23 February 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28913(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±56
IND
 3/3 147 20.68% -178 Winner:
LC
 325 45.71% James H.A. Schofield

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John Houston (newspaperman)		 15 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Aug 2023 20:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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