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♂ John R. English
aliasJohn R. English
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 26 January 1945
Age 79 years + 3 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 10 months ago (1 June 1997)
Special notes
None
 
John R. English (1945– )
© Photo 1994 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A one-term Liberal MP from Ontario, English was the official biographer of two prime ministers: Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 7 6

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Anna Di Carlo  f 
 		 ⊕ John H. Reimer  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 53,640 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3585(F) — 6 Sep 2021 12:50 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 2/5 19,344 36.06% -3,056 Winner:
PC
 22,400 41.76% John H. Reimer
Eligible: 79,446 Votes: 53,131 Participation: 66.88% Candidacies: 7
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3286(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 1/7 26,616 50.51% +14,402 Loser:
REF
 12,214 23.18% Reg Gosse

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 75,224 Votes: 48,403 Participation: 64.35% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2985(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
LIB
 23,089 48.00% Karen Redman

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. John Richard English, M.P.		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur John Richard English, député		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
John English (Canadian politician)		 25 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Feb 2024 21:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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