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♂ John O'Connor
aliasJohn O'Connor
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Birth 1 January 1824 → 200 years + 4 months ago
Lived 63 years + 10 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 7 months
Death 3 November 1887 → 136 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 4 months after 19 June 1882
Special notes
None
 
John O'Connor (1824–1887) 200x323
© 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 10 1 28

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 2
CONS
 1 Minister 49 04 Mar 1873 — 30 Jun 1873 0 3 26
2. CA 2
CONS
 1 Minister 49 01 Jul 1873 — 05 Nov 1873 0 4 4
3. CA 4
CONS
 2 Minister 56 16 Jan 1880 — 07 Nov 1880 0 9 22
4. CA 4
CONS
 1 Minister 56–57 08 Nov 1880 — 19 May 1881 0 6 11
5. CA 4
CONS
 3 Minister 57–58 20 May 1881 — 22 May 1882 1 0 2
 1. Inland Revenue
 2. Post Office
 3. Post Office
 4. Secretary of State of Canada
 5. Post Office

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William McGregor  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur Rankin  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 3,899 Votes: 2,871 Participation: 73.63% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17636(F) — 24 Dec 2023 20:38 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
CONS
 1/2 1,439 50.12% +7 Loser:
LIB
 1,432 49.88% Arthur Rankin

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,237 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18528(F) — 24 Dec 2023 20:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
CONS
 1/2 1,999 61.75% +761 Loser:
LIB
 1,238 38.25% Arthur Rankin
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 49
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,695 Votes: 4,271 Participation: 75.00% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18760(F) — 20 Jan 2022 22:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
CONS
 2/2 1,763 41.28% -745 Winner:
LIB
 2,508 58.72% William McGregor
Eligible: 4,407 Votes: 2,759 Participation: 62.60% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19096(F) — 21 Jan 2022 19:59 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
54
CONS
 1/2 1,612 59.51% +515 Loser:
LIB
 1,097 40.49% Ira Morgan
After his election:
17 Oct 1878 54
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 month (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,407 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
4		 Ontario
4 November 1878
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19596(F) — 11 Oct 2022 17:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 7 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,979 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19292(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
CONS
 1,644 55.19% Moss K. Dickinson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John O'Connor, P.C., M.P.		 23 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John O'Connor, C.P., député		 23 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
John O'Connor (Canadian politician)		 23 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
John O'Connor (homme politique canadien)		 23 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Nov 2023 22:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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