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♂ John C. Butt
aliasJohn C. Butt
Record
8568 · 4534

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 1 4
Birth 24 September 1941
Age 82 years + 7 months
First mandate 18 June 1979 → 44 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 35 years + 8 days ago (19 April 1989)
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
Newfoundland and Labrador 9 9 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Patricia A. Cowan  f 
⊖ John A. Nolan  m 
 		 ⊖ Gordon W. Dawe  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 10,093 Votes: 7,610 Participation: 75.40% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14495(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
PC
 1/5 3,503 46.27% +883 Loser:
LIB
 2,620 34.61% John A. Nolan

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,093 Votes: 7,646 Participation: 75.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14443(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/4 5,382 70.56% +3,718 Loser:
LIB
 1,664 21.81% Gerald Greenslade

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,092 Votes: 4,468 Participation: 73.34% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14391(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/4 2,179 48.80% +442 Loser:
LIB
 1,737 38.90% Ron Clarke

Service: 4 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,365 Votes: 5,820 Participation: 91.44% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14306(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
PC
 2/3 2,580 44.42% -527 Winner:
LIB
 3,107 53.50% Patricia A. Cowan

Online biographical reference

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John Butt (politician)		 24 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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