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♂ John Albert Gamble
aliasJohn Gamble
Record
21919 · 1410

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 2 4
Ontario 0 1 1
Total 2 3 5
Birth 24 November 1933 → 90 years + 5 months ago
Lived 75 years + 5 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 5 months
Death 11 May 2009 → 14 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 8 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
John Albert Gamble (1933–2009)
© 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 5  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ William C. Attewell  m 
⊕ Marilyn Churley  f 
⊖ Anthony Roman  m 
 		 ⊕ Jagdish S. Bhaduria  m 
⊖ Barnett J. Danson  m 
 
Eligible: 80,379 Votes: 59,338 Participation: 73.82% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4502(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
45
PC
 1/6 29,011 48.89% +7,021 Loser:
LIB
 21,990 37.06% Barnett J. Danson

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 80,379 Votes: 60,116 Participation: 74.79% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4220(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/5 26,039 43.51% +1,758 Loser:
LIB
 24,281 40.57% Jan Poot

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 114,149 Votes: 88,791 Participation: 77.79% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3941(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
PC
 2/4 27,955 31.67% -4,245 Winner:
IND
 32,200 36.48% Anthony Roman
Eligible: inc. Votes: 69,066 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3593(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
54
IND
 4/5 3,643 5.27% -33,030 Winner:
PC
 36,673 53.10% William C. Attewell
Eligible: 36,682 Votes: 23,720 Participation: 64.66% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
36		 Ontario
8 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5390(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
61
PC
 2/6 6,348 27.18% -4,600 Winner:
NDP
 10,948 46.88% Marilyn Churley

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Albert Gamble		 27 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Albert Gamble		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John A. Gamble		 27 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Apr 2024 17:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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