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♂ Samuel Timothy Johnston
aliasSam Johnston
Record
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Unspecified First Nations   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Yukon 2 1 3
Birth 20 November 1935
Age 88 years + 5 months
First mandate 13 May 1985 → 38 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 31 years + 6 months ago (18 October 1992)
Special notes
None
 
Samuel Timothy Johnston (1935– )
© ITLE: Photo Legislative Assembly, Yukon — Fair trade
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
Yukon 7 5 5 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. YT 26–27
NDP
 1 Speaker 49–56 13 May 1985 — 18 Oct 1992 7 5 5

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Willard L. Phelps  m 
 
 
Eligible: 641 Votes: 569 Participation: 88.77% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
26		 Yukon
13 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 27153(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
NDP
 1/2 313 55.79% +65 Loser:
PC
 248 44.21% Nancy Dieckmann

Service: 3 years 9 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 665 Votes: 522 Participation: 78.50% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
27		 Yukon
20 February 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 27171(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
NDP
 1/3 321 61.85% +201 Loser:
PC
 120 23.12% Mickey Thomas

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 957 Votes: 719 Participation: 75.13% Candidacies: 4
Territorial
28		 Yukon
19 October 1992
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  YP  Minority
ID: 27194(F) — 28 Feb 2022 10:52 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
NDP
 2/4 234 33.00% -104 Winner:
IND
 338 47.67% Willard L. Phelps

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Sam Johnston (Yukon politician)		 07 Apr 2024
EN Yukon Legislature Speaks
Samuel (Sam) Johnston		 07 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Apr 2024 17:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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