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♂ John McAlister
aliasJohn McAlister
Record
40359 · 6790

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 3 5
Birth 27 July 1842 → 181 years + 9 months ago
Lived 76 years + 3 months
First mandate 5 March 1891 → 133 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 48 years + 7 months
Death 4 November 1918 → 105 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 11 months after 6 November 1900
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
Canada 9 8 1

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊖ George Haddow  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Robert Moffat  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ George Moffat  m 
⊖ James Reid  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 856 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
5		 New Brunswick
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19203(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
39
IND
 2/4 181 21.14% -271 Winner:
CONS
 452 52.80% Robert Moffat
Eligible: inc. Votes: 990 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
6		 New Brunswick
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19407(F) — 12 Sep 2023 20:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
44
LC
 3/3 277 27.98% -143 Winner:
CONS
 420 42.42% Robert Moffat
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,254 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 New Brunswick
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19755(F) — 28 Nov 2021 18:12 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
CONS
 1/2 735 58.61% +216 Loser:
LC
 519 41.39% George Moffat

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,544 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 New Brunswick
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20043(F) — 28 Nov 2021 19:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LC
 1/2 794 51.42% +44 Loser:
LIB
 750 48.58% George Haddow

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,965 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 New Brunswick
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20299(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
CONS
 2/2 744 37.86% -477 Winner:
LIB
 1,221 62.14% James Reid

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John McAlister, M.P.		 12 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John McAlister, député		 12 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
John McAlister		 12 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
John McAlister		 12 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Sep 2023 20:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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