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♂ John Forsyth
aliasJohn Forsyth
Record
20505 · 14077

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 0 1
Birth 17 May 1837 → 186 years + 11 months ago
Lived 81 years + 6 months
First mandate 23 August 1894 → 129 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 3 months
Death 3 December 1918 → 105 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 10 months after 14 January 1896
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 1 4 22 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John A. Davidson  m 
 
 
Eligible: 1,463 Votes: 466 Participation: 31.85% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Manitoba
23 August 1894
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36602(F) — 17 Mar 2022 13:09 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
PATI
 1/2 287 61.59% +108 Loser:
CONS
 179 38.41% John A. Davidson

Service: 1 year 4 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,538 Votes: 1,144 Participation: 74.38% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36605(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
PATI
 591 51.66% William F. Sirett

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Forsyth, John		 07 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Forsyth, John		 07 Oct 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Forsyth (1837-1918)		 07 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Oct 2023 17:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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