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♂ John Alexander MacDonell
aliasJohn Alexander MacDonell
Record
37733 · 6799

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Manitoba 1 1 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth 22 November 1854 → 169 years + 5 months ago
Lived 57 years + 11 months
First mandate 9 December 1886 → 137 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 32 years
Death 27 October 1912 → 111 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 11 months after 6 November 1900
Special notes
None
 
John Alexander MacDonell (1854–1912)
© Photo 1901 John Alexander Cooper — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Dufferin, Manitoba
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 4 4 13
Manitoba 1 7 0 Z
TOTAL 5 11 14

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Hugh Armstrong  m 
 		 ⊖ Robert G. O'Malley  m 
 
Eligible: 1,162 Votes: 558 Participation: 48.02% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36501(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
LIB
 1/2 281 50.36% +4 Loser:
CONS
 277 49.64% H. Pentland

Service: 1 year 7 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 587 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
11 July 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36527(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
33
LIB
 2/2 273 46.51% -41 Winner:
CONS
 314 53.49% Robert G. O'Malley
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,425 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Manitoba
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20031(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 1,713 50.01% +1 Loser:
CONS
 1,712 49.99% Hugh Armstrong

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,343 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Manitoba
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20288(F) — 23 Jan 2022 09:18 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
LIB
 2,172 50.01% William F. McCreary

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
MacDonnell, John A.		 01 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
MacDonnell, John A.		 01 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Alexander MacDonell (1854-1912)		 01 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Alexander Macdonell, M.P.		 01 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Alexander Macdonell, député		 01 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Alexander MacDonell		 01 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Apr 2024 19:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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