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♂ John Alexander Dewar
aliasJohn Dewar
Record
15861 · 5451

Church of Christ   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 4 1 5
Birth 7 February 1863 → 161 years + 2 months ago
Lived 82 years + 6 months
First mandate 10 August 1910 → 113 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 6 months
Death 14 August 1945 → 78 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 22 days after 23 July 1923
Special notes
None
 

John Alexander Dewar (1863–1945)
No photo available
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ George F. Dewar (1865–1961) Brother  
⊖ L. George Dewar (1915–2003) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 12 11 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Leslie S. Hunter  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 832 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
10 August 1910
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
 CONS  15 Nov 1911
ID: 25340(F) — 12 Jul 2023 17:45 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
CONS
 1/2 431 51.80% +30 Loser:
LIB
 401 48.20% Horatio Nelson
After his election:
15 Nov 1911 48
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 year 4 months 23 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 878 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25348(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
CONS
 1/2 561 63.90% +244 Loser:
LIB
 317 36.10% Horatio Nelson

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 952 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25378(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
CONS
 1/2 515 54.10% +78 Loser:
LIB
 437 45.90% J.W. Carruthers

Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,005 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25412(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
IND
 1/2 646 64.28% +287 Loser:
CONS
 359 35.72% James Duncan

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,511 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25451(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
IND
 3/3 166 10.99% -691 Winner:
CONS
 857 56.72% Leslie S. Hunter

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Dewar, John Alexander		 14 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
John Alexander Dewar		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John A. Dewar		 14 Apr 2024

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