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♂ John Robert Nicholson
aliasJohn Robert Nicholson
Record
46169 · 6663

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 1 December 1901 → 122 years + 5 months ago
Lived 81 years + 10 months
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 6 months
Death 8 October 1983 → 40 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 3 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
John Robert Nicholson (1901–1983)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
Governor British Columbia (1968–1973)
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 6 0 4

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 26
LIB
 1 Minister 61–62 22 Apr 1963 — 02 Feb 1964 0 9 11
2. CA 26
LIB
 1 Minister 62–63 03 Feb 1964 — 14 Feb 1965 1 0 11
3. CA 26
LIB
 1 Minister 63–64 15 Feb 1965 — 17 Dec 1965 0 10 2
4. CA 27
LIB
 1 Minister 64–66 18 Dec 1965 — 19 Apr 1968 2 4 1
 1. Forestry
 2. Post Office
 3. Citizenship and Immigration
 4. Labour

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ F. George J. Hahn  m 
⊖ Lyle S. Kristiansen  m 
 		 ⊖ Douglas Jung  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,616 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
25		 British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24529(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
60
LIB
 1/5 7,697 35.61% +894 Loser:
PC
 6,803 31.47% Douglas Jung

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,081 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 British Columbia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24793(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/4 9,472 39.33% +2,119 Loser:
PC
 7,353 30.53% Douglas Jung

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,474 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 British Columbia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25062(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/5 9,008 40.08% +2,760 Loser:
PC
 6,248 27.80% Douglas Jung

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,323 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 British Columbia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9907(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 25,426 56.10% S. Ronald Basford

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Robert (Jack) Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., O.B.E., M.P.		 18 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Robert (Jack) Nicholson, C.P., c.r., O.B.E., député		 18 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Robert Nicholson		 18 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Robert Nicholson		 18 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Mar 2024 21:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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