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♂ John Devries
aliasJohn Devries
Record
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Dutch-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Yukon 2 0 2
Birth 20 March 1945
Age 79 years + 1 month
First mandate 20 February 1989 → 35 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 27 years + 7 months ago (29 September 1996)
Special notes
None
 
John Devries (1945– )
© Photo c. 1994 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 7 7 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. YT 28
YP
 1 Speaker 48–51 01 Feb 1994 — 29 Oct 1996 2 8 28

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 785 Votes: 660 Participation: 84.08% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
27		 Yukon
20 February 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 27179(F) — 28 Feb 2022 10:37 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
PC
 1/3 298 45.43% +3 Loser:
NDP
 295 44.97% Karel Kauppinen

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,008 Votes: 830 Participation: 82.34% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
28		 Yukon
19 October 1992
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  YP  Minority
ID: 27195(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
YP
 1/3 485 58.72% +200 Loser:
NDP
 285 34.50% Karel Kauppinen

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,033 Votes: 842 Participation: 81.51% Candidacies: 4
Territorial
29		 Yukon
30 September 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 27221(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:44 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
NDP
 442 52.81% Dennis G. Fentie

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John Devries (Yukon politician)		 20 Mar 2024
EN Yukon Legislature Speaks
John Devries		 20 Mar 2024

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