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♂ John Alexander Richardson
aliasJack Richardson
Record
52518 · 1549

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 1 December 1932 → 91 years + 5 months ago
Lived 77 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 10 months
Death 3 June 2010 → 13 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 7 months after 11 October 2002
Special notes
None
 
John Alexander (Jack) Richardson (1932–2010)
© Photo 2001 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 8 11 14

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Garnet M. Bloomfield  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Gary R. Schellenberger  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ A.H. Harry Brightwell  m 
 
Eligible: 70,544 Votes: 46,786 Participation: 66.32% Candidacies: 8
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3316(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
60
LIB
 1/8 20,125 43.26% +7,940 Loser:
REF
 12,185 26.19% Jeff Gerber

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 66,042 Votes: 44,655 Participation: 67.62% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3015(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/5 19,583 44.01% +8,510 Loser:
PC
 11,073 24.88% Gary R. Schellenberger

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 69,015 Votes: 42,222 Participation: 61.18% Candidacies: 7
Federal
37		 Ontario
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2708(F) — 1 Feb 2022 15:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 1/7 16,988 40.37% +5,443 Loser:
PC
 11,545 27.44% Gary R. Schellenberger
After his election:
11 Oct 2002 69
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 1 year 10 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 70,375 Votes: 30,941 Participation: 43.97% Candidacies: 5
Federal
37		 Ontario
12 May 2003
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10832(F) — 30 Jun 2023 12:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
PC
 10,413 33.78% Gary R. Schellenberger

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. John Richardson, M.P.		 13 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur John Richardson, député		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Richardson (Canadian MP)		 13 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 10:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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