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♂ John T. Wolfe
aliasJohn T. Wolfe
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
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Saskatchewan 1 1 2
Birth 2 May 1955 → 68 years + 11 months ago
Lived 39 years + 9 months
First mandate 15 December 1988 → 35 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 7 months
Death 2 February 1995 → 29 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 3 months after 20 October 1991
Special notes
None
 

John T. Wolfe (1955–1995)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Well that's interesting!
In the years following the defeat of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan in 1991, 14 MLAs were convicted of fraud and breach of trust in a phony expense-claim scam. Wolfe is said to have been anguished at the prospect of being forced to testify against his old friends and colleagues. When told in 1995 that he also potentially faced arrest, he committed suicide by shooting himself. Charges had never been pressed against him. He was 39 years old.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 2 10 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Lewis Draper  m 
 		 ⊕ Allen W. Engel  m 
 
Eligible: 8,638 Votes: 7,139 Participation: 82.65% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Saskatchewan
15 December 1988
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13799(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
33
PC
 1/3 3,164 44.32% +155 Loser:
NDP
 3,009 42.15% Allen W. Engel

Service: 2 years 10 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,218 Votes: 7,413 Participation: 90.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Saskatchewan
21 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13375(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
36
PC
 2/3 2,583 35.01% -64 Winner:
NDP
 2,647 35.88% Lewis Draper

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Wolfe, John Thomas 1955 – 1995 (p. 41)		 07 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Thomas Wolfe		 07 Jan 2024

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