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♂ John C. Brown
aliasJohn C. Brown
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 3 5
Birth 13 February 1844 → 180 years + 2 months ago
Lived 84 years + 11 months
First mandate 13 June 1890 → 133 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 4 months
Death 18 January 1929 → 95 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 4 months after 3 September 1901
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 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Francis L. Carter-Cotton  m 
⊖ Thomas Gifford  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas Cunningham  m 
⊖ Alexander Henderson  m 
 
Eligible: 1,367 Votes: 851 Participation: 62.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28712(F) — 28 Jul 2023 22:01 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
IND
 1/2 530 62.28% +209 Loser:
GOV
 321 37.72% Thomas Cunningham

Service: 4 years 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,409 Votes: 1,168 Participation: 82.90% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28743(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
OPPO
 594 50.86% James B. Kennedy
Eligible: 1,799 Votes: 1,089 Participation: 60.53% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28768(F) — 28 Jul 2023 22:01 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
54
OPPO
 2/2 534 49.04% -21 Winner:
GOV
 555 50.96% Alexander Henderson
Eligible: 1,564 Votes: 1,168 Participation: 74.68% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28810(F) — 28 Jul 2023 22:01 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
56
GOV
 1/2 628 53.77% +88 Loser:
LC
 540 46.23% Robie L. Reid
After his election:
3 Sep 1901 57
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,564 Votes: 1,074 Participation: 68.67% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
18 September 1901
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28836(F) — 28 Jul 2023 22:01 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
GOV
 2/2 511 47.58% -52 Winner:
OPPO
 563 52.42% Thomas Gifford
Eligible: 1,131 Votes: 780 Participation: 68.97% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
5 September 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28866(F) — 28 Jul 2023 22:01 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
59
LIB
 2/2 320 41.03% -140 Winner:
LC
 460 58.97% Francis L. Carter-Cotton

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Cunningham Brown		 28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Cunningham Brown		 28 Jul 2023

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