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♂ A. John Pearsall
aliasA. John Pearsall
Record
48661 · 301

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 27 April 1915 → 109 years ago
Lived 67 years + 6 months
First mandate 8 July 1974 → 49 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 59 years + 2 months
Death 8 November 1982 → 41 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 5 months after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 

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 4 10 12

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Lorne Greenaway  m 
⊖ Raymond J. Skelly  m 
 		 ⊕ Harry M. Olaussen  m 
 
Eligible: 38,105 Votes: 29,335 Participation: 76.98% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 British Columbia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10414(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
59
LIB
 1/4 10,336 35.23% +348 Loser:
PC
 9,988 34.05% Lorne Greenaway

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 74,254 Votes: 49,855 Participation: 67.14% Candidacies: 4
Federal
31		 British Columbia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4343(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
LIB
 3/4 9,910 19.88% -12,165 Winner:
NDP
 22,075 44.28% Raymond J. Skelly

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Albert John (Jack) Pearsall, M.P.		 05 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Albert John (Jack) Pearsall, député		 05 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Jack Pearsall		 05 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Sep 2023 22:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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