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♂ John Rochester
aliasJohn Rochester
Record
53402 · 5140

Wesleyan   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 22 May 1822 → 201 years + 11 months ago
Lived 72 years + 3 months
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 1 month
Death 19 September 1894 → 129 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 3 months after 19 June 1882
Special notes
None
 
John Rochester (1822–1894) 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 9 10 27

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James A. Grant  m 
 		 ⊖ John Holmes  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,093 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17629(F) — 27 Nov 2021 21:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
45
CONS
 2/2 1,006 48.06% -81 Winner:
LC
 1,087 51.94% John Holmes
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,933 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18521(F) — 25 Jun 2023 15:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
CONS
 1/4 1,024 52.97% +123 Loser:
LC
 901 46.61% John Holmes
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 51
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,145 Votes: 1,848 Participation: 58.76% Candidacies: 3
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18753(F) — 28 Nov 2021 09:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CONS
 1/3 870 47.08% +239 Loser:
LC
 631 34.15% John Holmes

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,523 Votes: 2,672 Participation: 59.08% Candidacies: 4
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19039(F) — 21 Jan 2022 19:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
CONS
 1/4 1,282 49.73% +86 Loser:
IND
 1,196 46.39% John May

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,431 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19235(F) — 21 Jan 2022 21:11 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LC
 1,185 48.75% John A. Macdonald

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Rochester, M.P.		 23 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Rochester, député		 23 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Rochester (politician)		 23 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Nov 2023 22:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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