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♂ John G. Higgins
aliasJohn G. Higgins
Record
27445 · 5792

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 0 1
Birth 7 May 1891 → 132 years + 11 months ago
Lived 72 years + 1 month
First mandate 27 May 1949 → 74 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 58 years
Death 1 July 1963 → 60 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 7 months after 25 November 1951
Special notes
None
 

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
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 5 29 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 29
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 58–60 27 May 1949 — 25 Nov 1951 2 5 29
2. NL 29
PC
 1 Party leader 58–60 09 Nov 1949 — 30 Jun 1951 1 7 21

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Geoffrey C. Carnell  m 
 		 ⊖ Frank D. Fogwill  m 
 
Eligible: 16,313 Votes: 26,219 Participation: 81.73% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Newfoundland and Labrador
27 May 1949
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26043(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
PC
 1/4 6,878 52.54% +461 Loser:
LIB
 6,417 49.02% Geoffrey C. Carnell

Service: 2 years 5 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,313 Votes: 23,157 Participation: 72.88% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Newfoundland and Labrador
26 November 1951
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26072(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
PC
 6,634 57.37% Frank D. Fogwill

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Gilbert Higgins		 14 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Gilbert Higgins		 14 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Gilbert Higgins		 14 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Aug 2023 00:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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