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♂ John Muirhead
aliasJohn Muirhead
Record
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United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 2 5
Birth 11 July 1877 → 146 years + 9 months ago
Lived 76 years + 6 months
First mandate 18 July 1922 → 101 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 45 years
Death 22 January 1954 → 70 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 5 months after 26 July 1936
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 14 0 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John P. Lawrie  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Reuben J. Waugh  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 3,196 Votes: 2,421 Participation: 75.75% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37218(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
PROG
 1/2 1,279 52.83% +137 Loser:
CONS
 1,142 47.17% Reuben J. Waugh

Service: 4 years 11 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,291 Votes: 2,648 Participation: 80.46% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37316(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PROG
 1/2 1,341 50.64% +34 Loser:
CONS
 1,307 49.36% Reuben J. Waugh

Service: 4 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,694 Votes: 3,310 Participation: 89.60% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37366(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIBP
 1/2 1,773 53.56% +236 Loser:
CONS
 1,537 46.44% Reuben J. Waugh

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,978 Votes: 3,112 Participation: 78.23% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
27 July 1936
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37416(F) — 15 Sep 2022 08:02 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIBP
 2/3 1,014 33.62% -62 Winner:
CONS
 1,076 35.68% John P. Lawrie
Eligible: 3,844 Votes: 2,582 Participation: 67.17% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37462(F) — 16 Sep 2022 18:19 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
63
LIBP
 2/2 1,243 49.13% -44 Winner:
CONS
 1,287 50.87% John P. Lawrie

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Muirhead, John		 03 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Muirhead, John		 03 Sep 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Muirhead (1877-1954)		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Muirhead		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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