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♂ John Charlton
aliasJohn Charlton
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 8 0 8
Birth 3 February 1829 → 195 years + 2 months ago
Lived 81 years
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 5 months
Death 11 February 1910 → 114 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 3 months after 2 November 1904
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William A. Charlton (1841–1930) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 32 3 5

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
2 documented challengers
⊖ David Tisdale  m 
 		 ⊖ Aquila Walsh  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,598 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18557(F) — 25 Jun 2023 17:04 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 1,324 50.96% +50 Loser:
CONS
 1,274 49.04% Aquila Walsh
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 44
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 3,142 Votes: 2,698 Participation: 85.87% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18792(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 1,434 53.15% +170 Loser:
CONS
 1,264 46.85% David Tisdale

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,786 Votes: 2,873 Participation: 75.88% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19078(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 1,492 52.54% +144 Loser:
CONS
 1,348 47.46% Aquila Walsh

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,502 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19274(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 1,940 55.40% +378 Loser:
CONS
 1,562 44.60% Lachlan C. Sinclair

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,000 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19481(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 2,139 53.48% +278 Loser:
CONS
 1,861 46.52% Lachlan C. Sinclair

Service: 4 years 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,272 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19833(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/2 2,370 55.48% +468 Loser:
CONS
 1,902 44.52% Lachlan C. Sinclair

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,740 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20121(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 1/2 2,142 57.27% +544 Loser:
PATI
 1,598 42.73% William McGuire

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20375(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
71
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,313 Votes: 6,592 Participation: 79.30% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20624(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
75		 Successor:
CONS
 3,336 51.43% David Tisdale

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Charlton, John		 02 Aug 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Charlton, John		 02 Aug 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Charlton, M.P.		 02 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Charlton, député		 02 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John M. Charlton		 02 Aug 2023
FR Wikipédia
John M. Charlton		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 10:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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