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♂ John H. Buntain
aliasJohn H. Buntain
Record
8192 · 5470

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 3 5
Birth 14 November 1866 → 157 years + 5 months ago
Lived 85 years + 7 months
First mandate 3 January 1912 → 112 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 1 month
Death 6 July 1952 → 71 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 12 days after 24 June 1927
Special notes
None
 
John H. Buntain (1866–1952) 200x240
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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
Prince Edward Island 7 7 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊖ George E. Hughes  m 
⊖ Angus McPhee  m 
 		 ⊖ Bradford W. LePage  m 
⊖ George W. McPhee  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,607 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
8 February 1911
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25341(F) — 13 Jul 2023 00:51 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
44
CONS
 2/2 787 48.97% -33 Winner:
LIB
 820 51.03% George W. McPhee
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,610 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25366(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
CONS
 1/2 845 52.48% +80 Loser:
LIB
 765 47.52% George W. McPhee

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,562 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25396(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
CONS
 2/2 722 46.22% -118 Winner:
LIB
 840 53.78% George E. Hughes
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,796 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25469(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
56
CONS
 1/2 1,465 52.40% +134 Loser:
LIB
 1,331 47.60% Bradford W. LePage

Service: 3 years 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,913 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25505(F) — 24 Sep 2023 08:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
CONS
 2/2 1,291 44.32% -331 Winner:
LIB
 1,622 55.68% Angus McPhee

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Howard Buntain		 27 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Buntain, John Howard		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
John A. Howard Buntain		 27 Dec 2023

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