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♂ John P. Lawrie
aliasJohn P. Lawrie
Record
34714 · 14615

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 0 3
Birth 25 August 1875 → 148 years + 8 months ago
Lived 76 years + 1 month
First mandate 27 July 1936 → 87 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 11 months
Death 17 October 1951 → 72 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 11 months after 9 November 1949
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 13 3 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John Muirhead  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
60
CONS
 1/3 1,076 35.68% +62 Loser:
LIBP
 1,014 33.62% John Muirhead
After his election:
17 Nov 1940 65
CONS
 →
CONS
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 8 months 25 days (Oppo.)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
CONS
 1/2 1,287 50.87% +44 Loser:
LIBP
 1,243 49.13% John Muirhead

Service: 4 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,944 Votes: 2,606 Participation: 66.08% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37513(F) — 17 Sep 2022 07:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
70
PC
 1/2 1,710 66.28% +840 Loser:
CCF
 870 33.72% James H. Wood

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,124 Votes: 4,413 Participation: 54.32% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37561(F) — 17 Sep 2022 13:41 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
74		 Successor:
LIBP
 2,208 50.26% Samuel E. Burch

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Lawrie, John Polworth		 21 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Lawrie, John Polworth		 21 Aug 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Polworth Lawrie (1875-1951)		 21 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Lawrie		 21 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Aug 2023 01:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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