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♂ John Mercer Johnson
aliasJohn Mercer Johnson
Record
30137 · 4855

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased
A Father of Confederation 		Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
New Brunswick 1 0 1
Total 2 0 2
Birth c. October 1818 → 205 years + 6 months ago
Lived ± 50 years
First mandate 25 May 1866 → 157 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 47 years
Death 8 November 1868 → 155 years + 5 months ago
Died in office Yes
Conferences Confederation conferences attended
representing New Brunswick:
✓ Charlottetown (September 1864)
✓ Québec (October 1864)
✓ London (December 1866)
Special notes
None
 
John Mercer Johnson (c.1818–1868)
© Photo — Public domain
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
Canada 1 3 2
New Brunswick 1 1 20 Z
TOTAL 2 4 22

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas F. Gillespie  m 
⊖ George Kerr  m 
⊖ Edward Williston  m 
 		 ⊖ Richard Hutchison  m 
⊖ Richard Sutton  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,502 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
25 May 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35645(F) — 17 Aug 2023 07:30 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±47
CONF
 1/6 1,340 82.41% +500 Loser:
CONS
 840 51.66% Richard Hutchison
After his election:
15 Jul 1867 ±48
CONF
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 1 month 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,552 Votes: 1,983 Participation: 77.70% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 New Brunswick
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17590(F) — 19 Jan 2022 07:22 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
±48
LIB
 1/2 1,226 61.83% +469 Loser:
CONS
 757 38.17% Thomas F. Gillespie
After his election:
8 Nov 1868 ±50
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 3 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
10 August 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35656(F) — 22 Oct 2022 16:43 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±48		 Successor:
IND
 Acclam. William M. Kelly
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,027 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 New Brunswick
24 December 1868
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18438(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
±50		 Successor:
LIB
 1,133 55.90% Richard Hutchison

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Johnson, John Mercer		 16 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Johnson, John Mercer		 16 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Mercer Johnson, M.P.		 16 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Mercer Johnson, député		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Mercer Johnson		 16 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Mercer Johnson		 16 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Mar 2024 13:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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