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♂ John W. Leedy
aliasJohn W. Leedy
Record
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☆   Church of the Brethren   
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Alberta 0 2 2
Total 0 3 3
Birth 8 March 1849 → 175 years + 1 month ago
Lived 86 years
First run 7 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 68 years + 2 months
Death 24 March 1935 → 89 years + 1 month ago
 
Special notes
None
 
John W. Leedy (1849–1935)
© Photo c.1895 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A populist, Leedy was the 14th governor of Kansas from 1897 to 1899. He moved to Alaska in 1901, where he discovered a gold mine and became very wealthy. He moved to Alberta in 1908 and ran in three elections — one federally and two provincially — but came last each time.
 

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
17 documented challengers
⊖ Samuel A.G. Barnes  m 
⊖ Joseph A. Clarke  m 
⊖ A.T. Fred Davis  m 
⊖ John W. Findlay  m 
⊖ William T. Henry  m 
⊖ Jan Lakeman  m 
⊖ John P. McArthur  m 
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m 
⊖ William H. White  m 
 		 ⊖ John C. Bowen  m 
⊖ Herbert H. Crawford  m 
⊖ David M. Duggan  m 
⊖ C. Lionel Gibbs  m 
⊖ James B. Holden  m 
⊖ John F. Lymburn  m 
⊖ Warren W. Prevey  m 
⊖ Charles Y. Weaver  m 
 
Eligible: 2,711 Votes: 1,782 Participation: 65.73% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27550(F) — 29 Oct 2022 08:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
68
NPL
 3/3 308 17.28% -454 Winner:
CONS
 762 42.76% A.T. Fred Davis
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,600 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
13		 Alberta
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21279(F) — 5 Jul 2023 11:01 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
68
NPL
 3/3 602 7.92% -3,024 Winner:
LL
 3,626 47.71% William H. White
Eligible: 33,741 Votes: 18,721 Participation: 55.50% Candidacies: 18
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27679(F) — 13 Jan 2024 13:43 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
77
IND
 18/18 140 0.58% -717 Winner:
CONS
 857 9.46% David M. Duggan

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John W. Leedy		 09 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Mar 2024 10:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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