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♂ John Allen Fraser
aliasJohn Fraser
Record
21040 · 296

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Birth 15 December 1931 → 92 years + 4 months ago
Lived 92 years + 3 months
First mandate 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 10 months
Death 7 April 2024
Exit → Death 30 years + 5 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
John Allen Fraser (1931–2024)
© Photo Michael Bedford Photography via Parlinfo — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 20 11 19

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 31
PC
 1 Minister 47–48 04 Jun 1979 — 02 Mar 1980 0 8 27
2. CA 31
PC
 1 Minister 47–48 04 Jun 1979 — 02 Mar 1980 0 8 27
3. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister 52–53 17 Sep 1984 — 23 Sep 1985 1 0 6
4. CA 33–34
PC
 1 Speaker 54–61 30 Sep 1986 — 24 Oct 1993 7 0 24
 1. Post Office
 2. Environment
 3. Fisheries and Oceans

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Anne Boylan  f 
⊖ Arthur Laing  m 
 		 ⊖ Gordon F. Gibson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 40,106 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
28		 British Columbia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9911(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
36
PC
 2/5 9,521 23.74% -10,236 Winner:
LIB
 19,757 49.26% Arthur Laing
Eligible: 57,638 Votes: 44,367 Participation: 76.98% Candidacies: 6
Federal
29		 British Columbia
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10168(F) — 5 Dec 2023 20:04 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
PC
 1/6 17,762 40.03% +3,213 Loser:
LIB
 14,549 32.79% Gordon F. Gibson

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 57,638 Votes: 43,965 Participation: 76.28% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 British Columbia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10432(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PC
 1/5 23,247 52.88% +9,366 Loser:
LIB
 13,881 31.57% Peter Oberlander

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 58,544 Votes: 42,108 Participation: 71.93% Candidacies: 4
Federal
31		 British Columbia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4366(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/4 22,653 53.80% +12,095 Loser:
LIB
 10,558 25.07% Tony Toth

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 58,544 Votes: 41,936 Participation: 71.63% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 British Columbia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4084(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/5 22,288 53.28% +12,034 Loser:
LIB
 10,254 24.51% Patrick F. Graham

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 60,381 Votes: 46,632 Participation: 77.23% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 British Columbia
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3798(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/4 25,469 54.87% +14,560 Loser:
NDP
 10,909 23.50% Brian E. Emery

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 50,255 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Federal
34		 British Columbia
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3503(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/9 21,222 42.23% +6,754 Loser:
LIB
 14,468 28.79% Woody MacLaren

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 74,071 Votes: 48,824 Participation: 65.92% Candidacies: 13
Federal
35		 British Columbia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3203(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
LIB
 17,215 35.61% Harbance S. (Herb) Dhaliwal

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Allen Fraser, P.C., M.P., O.C., O.B.C., C.D., Q.C.		 09 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Allen Fraser, C.P., député, O.C., O.B.C., C.D., c.r.		 09 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Allen Fraser		 09 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Allen Fraser		 09 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Apr 2024 20:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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