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♂ John J. Horgan
aliasJohn J. Horgan
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 5 0 5
Birth 7 August 1959
Age 64 years + 8 months
First mandate 17 May 2005 → 18 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 1 year + 1 month ago (1 March 2023)
Special notes
None
 
John J. Horgan (1959– )
© Photo 2017 BC NDP — licensed under CC BY 2.0
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
British Columbia 17 9 9 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 40–42
NDP
 1 Party leader 54–63 01 May 2014 — 20 Oct 2022 8 5 19
2. BC 40–41
NDP
 1 Opposition Leader 54–57 02 May 2014 — 17 Jul 2017 3 2 15
3. BC 41–42
NDP
 1 Premier 57–63 18 Jul 2017 — 17 Nov 2022 5 3 30

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Tyson R. Strandlund  m 
 
 
Eligible: 39,045 Votes: 27,162 Participation: 69.57% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8114(F) — 22 Sep 2022 20:19 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
NDP
 1/5 12,460 46.09% +1,932 Loser:
LIB
 10,528 38.94% Cathy Basskin

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 33,812 Votes: 20,242 Participation: 59.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8190(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
NDP
 1/3 11,520 57.21% +4,654 Loser:
LIB
 6,866 34.10% Jody Twa

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,002 Votes: 23,231 Participation: 58.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8276(F) — 5 Mar 2022 12:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
NDP
 1/3 12,338 53.32% +5,218 Loser:
LIB
 7,120 30.77% Kerrie Reay

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,532 Votes: 25,175 Participation: 62.11% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 NDP  29 Jun 2017
ID: 8417(F) — 4 Jul 2023 20:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
57
NDP
 1/5 13,224 52.75% +6,680 Loser:
LIB
 6,544 26.11% Cathy Noel
After his election:
29 Jun 2017 57
LIB
 →
NDP
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 47,552 Votes: 26,742 Participation: 56.24% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
42		 British Columbia
24 October 2020
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 35558(F) — 4 Jul 2023 20:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
61
NDP
 1/4 18,073 67.89% +13,636 Loser:
GRN
 4,437 16.67% Gord Baird
After his election:
1 Mar 2023 63
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 4 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,588 Votes: 13,637 Participation: 26.43% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
42		 British Columbia
24 June 2023
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 39104(F) — 8 Sep 2023 04:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
NDP
 7,279 53.39% Ravi Parmar

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John Horgan		 08 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Horgan		 08 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Feb 2024 16:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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