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♂ Gordon E. Johnston
aliasGordon E. Johnston
Record
30269 · 3764

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 0 4
Birth 15 October 1920 → 103 years + 6 months ago
Lived 85 years
First mandate 14 December 1962 → 61 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 1 month
Death 7 November 2005 → 18 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 28 days after 10 October 1977
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 14 9 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Jon A. Christianson  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ George C. Fairfield  m 
 
Eligible: 6,537 Votes: 4,829 Participation: 73.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37784(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 2,414 50.74% +290 Loser:
PC
 2,124 44.64% Jon A. Christianson

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,708 Votes: 5,059 Participation: 75.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13849(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/3 2,726 54.21% +735 Loser:
PC
 1,991 39.59% Jon A. Christianson

Service: 3 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,145 Votes: 5,959 Participation: 73.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13906(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/3 2,451 41.26% +11 Loser:
PC
 2,440 41.08% Harvey Carmichael

Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,043 Votes: 7,199 Participation: 79.61% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9208(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/3 2,628 36.74% +36 Loser:
PC
 2,592 36.24% George C. Fairfield

Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,665 Votes: 7,537 Participation: 77.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9265(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 3,552 47.28% Lloyd G. Hyde

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Johnston, Gordon Ellwood		 18 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Johnston, Gordon Ellwood		 18 Aug 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Gordon Ellwood Johnston (1920-2005)		 18 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Johnston (politician)		 18 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Aug 2023 19:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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