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♂ John Victor Watt
aliasJohn Watt
Record
64260 · 7193

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Yukon 0 3 3
Total 0 4 4
Birth 7 December 1930 → 93 years + 5 months ago
Lived 92 years + 8 months
 
Death 22 August 2023 → 8 months ago
 
Special notes
Watt was the member for Whitehorse West in the Yukon Legislative Council from 1961 to 1967.
 
John Victor Watt (1930–2023)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Yukon — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ J. Kenneth McKinnon  m 
⊕ Antony D.J. Penikett  m 
⊖ Florence Whyard  f 
 		 ⊖ Erik H. Nielsen  m 
⊖ James A. Simmons  m 
 
Eligible: 5,514 Votes: 5,409 Participation: 98.10% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Yukon
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24482(F) — 9 Oct 2023 00:38 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
27
ICON
 3/3 122 2.26% -2,825 Winner:
PC
 2,947 54.48% Erik H. Nielsen
Eligible: 1,622 Votes: 1,023 Participation: 63.07% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
22		 Yukon
8 September 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30354(F) — 9 Oct 2023 00:38 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
39
IND
 2/3 294 28.85% -150 Winner:
IND
 444 43.57% J. Kenneth McKinnon
Eligible: 1,105 Votes: 596 Participation: 53.94% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
23		 Yukon
7 October 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30347(F) — 9 Oct 2023 00:38 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
43
IND
 2/3 227 38.15% -25 Winner:
IND
 252 42.35% Florence Whyard
Eligible: 1,143 Votes: 736 Participation: 64.39% Candidacies: 5
Territorial
24		 Yukon
20 November 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 27134(F) — 9 Oct 2023 00:38 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 2/5 200 27.29% -30 Winner:
NDP
 230 31.38% Antony D.J. Penikett

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
McInnis & Halloway, Obituary of John Victor Watt		 16 Apr 2024
EN Yukon Legislature Speaks
John Watt		 16 Apr 2024

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