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♂ Jay W. Monteith
aliasJay W. Monteith
Record
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Irish-Canadian   ∞3
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 0 7
Birth 24 June 1903 → 120 years + 10 months ago
Lived 78 years + 5 months
First mandate 10 August 1953 → 70 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 1 month
Death 19 December 1981 → 42 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 1 month after 29 October 1972
Special notes
None
 

Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Andrew Monteith (1823–1896) Grandfather  
⊖ John C. Monteith (c. 1853–1940) Uncle  
⊖ Joseph D. Monteith (1865–1934) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 19 2 13

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 23–25
PC
 1 Minister 54–59 22 Aug 1957 — 21 Apr 1963 5 7 30
2. CA 24–25
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 58–59 29 Sep 1961 — 21 Apr 1963 1 6 23
 1. National Health and Welfare
 2. Amateur Sport [National Health and Welfare]

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James N. Corry  m 
 
 
Eligible: 32,707 Votes: 24,101 Participation: 73.69% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23808(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
PC
 1/2 12,959 54.23% +2,020 Loser:
LIB
 10,939 45.77% James N. Corry

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 32,510 Votes: 26,046 Participation: 80.12% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24090(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/2 16,663 64.46% +7,477 Loser:
LIB
 9,186 35.54% James C. Neilson

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,510 Votes: 25,996 Participation: 79.96% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24356(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/3 18,295 70.38% +11,453 Loser:
LIB
 6,842 26.32% James C. Neilson

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,686 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24633(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 15,108 58.82% +6,269 Loser:
LIB
 8,839 34.41% Fred Hotson

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 26,835 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24897(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 15,328 57.12% +4,886 Loser:
LIB
 10,442 38.91% R. Neill Bissonnette

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 33,280 Votes: 24,833 Participation: 74.62% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25166(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/3 13,558 55.16% +4,249 Loser:
LIB
 9,309 37.87% C. Isabel MacBeth

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,832 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10011(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PC
 1/3 14,959 48.52% +2,095 Loser:
LIB
 12,864 41.72% Bill Somerville

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,100 Votes: 35,612 Participation: 77.25% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10266(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
PC
 19,859 55.76% William H. Jarvis

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Jay Waldo Monteith, P.C., F.C.A., M.P.		 03 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Jay Waldo Monteith, C.P., F.C.A., député		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Jay Monteith		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Sep 2023 09:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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