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♂ John Franklin Johnston
aliasFrank Johnston
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
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Manitoba 5 1 6
Birth 3 September 1929 → 94 years + 7 months ago
Lived 87 years + 5 months
First mandate 25 June 1969 → 54 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 9 months
Death 7 February 2017 → 7 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 9 months after 25 April 1988
Special notes
None
 
John Franklin (Frank) Johnston (1929–2017)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Scott Johnston Son  
 
Well that's interesting!
Johnston was an aggressively partisan Manitoba Progressive Conservative MLA who, in legislative debates, frequently referred to New Democrats as communists.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 18 9 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Robert M. Chipman  m 
⊖ Marjorie M. Gillies  f 
⊕ Iva J. Yeo  f 
 		 ⊖ James S. (Jim) Farrell  m 
⊖ Laverne M. Lewycky  m 
 
Eligible: 11,158 Votes: 6,880 Participation: 61.66% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13926(F) — 21 Apr 2024 15:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
PC
 1/5 2,781 40.56% +530 Loser:
LIB
 2,251 32.83% Robert M. Chipman

Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,938 Votes: 11,123 Participation: 79.80% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9228(F) — 25 Mar 2022 22:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/4 6,467 58.30% +3,543 Loser:
NDP
 2,924 26.36% Laverne M. Lewycky

Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,702 Votes: 11,817 Participation: 75.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9285(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/3 7,407 62.78% +4,752 Loser:
NDP
 2,655 22.50% Don Simpson

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,049 Votes: 9,535 Participation: 73.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9342(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 5,546 58.19% +2,293 Loser:
NDP
 3,253 34.13% Robert Adams

Service: 4 years 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,452 Votes: 9,073 Participation: 67.45% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Manitoba
18 March 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9399(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/4 4,994 55.17% +2,592 Loser:
NDP
 2,402 26.54% Leslie Campbell

Service: 2 years 1 month 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,298 Votes: 10,204 Participation: 76.73% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 Manitoba
26 April 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 9456(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
PC
 2/5 4,174 40.98% -659 Winner:
LIB
 4,833 47.45% Iva J. Yeo

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Johnston, Frank		 21 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Johnston, Frank		 21 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Franklin "Frank" Johnston (1929-2017)		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Frank Johnston (politician)		 21 Apr 2024

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