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♂ John W. Pickersgill
aliasJohn W. Pickersgill
Record
49601 · 5779

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 23 June 1905 → 118 years + 10 months ago
Lived 92 years + 4 months
First mandate 10 August 1953 → 70 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 1 month
Death 14 November 1997 → 26 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 1 month after 19 September 1967
Special notes
None
 
John W. Pickersgill (1905–1997)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Minister for Citizenship and Immigration, Pickersgill suggested to the First Nations chiefs attending a banquet in 1956, following a reburial ceremony, that they should take jobs that would make them independent of government support.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 14 1 4

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 21–22
LIB
 1 Minister 47–49 12 Jun 1953 — 30 Jun 1954 1 0 18
2. CA 21–22
LIB
 1 Minister 47–49 12 Jun 1953 — 30 Jun 1954 1 0 18
3. CA 22
LIB
 1 Minister 49–51 01 Jul 1954 — 20 Jun 1957 2 11 19
4. CA 26
LIB
 2 Minister 57–58 22 Apr 1963 — 02 Feb 1964 0 9 11
5. CA 26
LIB
 2 Minister 57–58 22 Apr 1963 — 02 Feb 1964 0 9 11
6. CA 26–27
LIB
 1 Minister 58–62 03 Feb 1964 — 18 Sep 1967 3 7 15
 1. Secretary of State of Canada
 2. Registrar General of Canada [Secretary of State of Canada]
 3. Citizenship and Immigration
 4. Secretary of State of Canada
 5. Registrar General of Canada [Secretary of State of Canada]
 6. Transport

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Edward (Ted) Russell  m 
 
 
Eligible: 24,274 Votes: 12,738 Participation: 52.48% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Newfoundland and Labrador
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23734(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 10,072 79.71% +7,508 Loser:
PC
 2,564 20.29% Edward (Ted) Russell

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,308 Votes: 10,577 Participation: 43.51% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Newfoundland and Labrador
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24017(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 9,158 87.18% +7,811 Loser:
PC
 1,347 12.82% John C. Pinsent

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 24,308 Votes: 17,993 Participation: 74.02% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Newfoundland and Labrador
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24283(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 13,670 75.97% +9,347 Loser:
PC
 4,323 24.03% Gerald M. Winter

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,376 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
25		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24560(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 11,530 74.99% +7,684 Loser:
PC
 3,846 25.01% Whitfield Bannister

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,139 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24824(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/3 11,748 72.79% +9,300 Loser:
PC
 2,448 15.17% Guy H. Eveleigh

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,800 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
27		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25093(F) — 29 Jan 2022 13:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 10,113 73.28% +6,426 Loser:
PC
 3,687 26.72% William Q. Moss
After his election:
19 Sep 1967 62
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 10 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,838 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 November 1967
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25302(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 8,112 54.67% Charles R.M. Granger

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Right Hon. John Whitney Pickersgill, P.C., C.C., M.P.		 02 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Le très hon. John Whitney Pickersgill, C.P., C.C., député		 02 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jack Pickersgill		 02 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Jack Pickersgill		 02 Feb 2024

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