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♂ John Glyndwr Ashton
aliasJohn Glyndwr Ashton
Record
1680 · 3203

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 0 1 1
Alberta 2 0 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth 31 March 1935
Age 89 years
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 45 years + 1 month ago (13 March 1979)
Special notes
None
 
John Glyndwr Ashton (1935– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — 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
Alberta 7 6 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Patrick M. Hayes  m 
 		 ⊖ James F. McGuigan  m 
 
Eligible: 16,407 Votes: 12,796 Participation: 77.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13068(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
PC
 1/3 7,009 56.02% +2,821 Loser:
SC
 4,188 33.47% Ronald Penner

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,468 Votes: 12,431 Participation: 55.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12996(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/3 8,807 71.20% +6,804 Loser:
NDP
 2,003 16.19% Jim Denholm

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,834 Votes: 7,655 Participation: 55.33% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12914(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
PC
 4,299 57.99% Milton G. Pahl
Eligible: 43,173 Votes: 28,195 Participation: 65.31% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5585(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
52
PC
 3/4 2,758 9.85% -9,783 Winner:
LIB
 12,541 44.78% James F. McGuigan

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
John G. Ashton		 31 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John G. Ashton		 31 Mar 2024

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