Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → John L. Evans

♂ John Leslie Evans
aliasJohn Evans
Record
18951 · 1396

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 2 4
Birth 12 July 1941
Age 82 years + 9 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 39 years + 7 months ago (3 September 1984)
Special notes
None
 
John Leslie Evans (1941– )
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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
Canada 5 3 12

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
7 documented challengers
⊕ Michael M. Cassidy  m 
⊖ Robert de Cotret  m 
⊕ Daniel Goldstick  m 
⊕ John C. Turmel  m 
 		 ⊕ David E. Crombie  m 
⊖ Marvin Glass  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Jean E. Pigott  f 
 
Eligible: 47,645 Votes: 32,325 Participation: 67.85% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 Ontario
16 October 1978
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10902(F) — 28 Nov 2022 05:18 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
37
LIB
 2/6 10,114 31.29% -8,618 Winner:
PC
 18,732 57.95% David E. Crombie
Eligible: 67,699 Votes: 49,358 Participation: 72.91% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4464(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
LIB
 1/6 19,758 40.03% +1,030 Loser:
PC
 18,728 37.94% Robert de Cotret

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 67,699 Votes: 47,417 Participation: 70.04% Candidacies: 10
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4182(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/10 21,659 45.90% +4,478 Loser:
PC
 17,181 36.41% Jean E. Pigott

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 65,162 Votes: 52,271 Participation: 80.22% Candidacies: 9
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3900(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LIB
 3/9 15,380 29.62% -2,464 Winner:
NDP
 17,844 34.37% Michael M. Cassidy

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Leslie Evans, M.P.		 24 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Leslie Evans, député		 24 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Leslie Evans		 24 Apr 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Apr 2024 07:36 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.