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♂ John F. Browne
aliasJohn F. Browne
Record
7761 · 7621

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 3 4
Birth 11 November 1920 → 103 years + 5 months ago
Lived 93 years + 6 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 37 years + 4 months
Death 9 June 2014 → 9 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 51 years + 11 months after 17 June 1962
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 4 2 17

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Gustav T. Froese  m 
⊖ Alexander B. Macdonald  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Arnold A. Webster  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur Laing  m 
⊖ Thomas A. McEwen  m 
 
Eligible: 37,463 Votes: 26,620 Participation: 71.06% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 British Columbia
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23988(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
36
PC
 2/4 6,762 25.68% -2,278 Winner:
CCF
 9,040 34.33% Alexander B. Macdonald
Eligible: 37,463 Votes: 27,925 Participation: 74.54% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 British Columbia
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24254(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
PC
 1/4 11,928 42.71% +204 Loser:
CCF
 11,724 41.98% Alexander B. Macdonald

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 28,765 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24531(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
PC
 3/4 5,523 19.20% -8,314 Winner:
NDP
 13,837 48.10% Arnold A. Webster
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,468 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
26		 British Columbia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24797(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
42
PC
 3/5 9,374 22.07% -9,766 Winner:
LIB
 19,140 45.07% Arthur Laing

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Ferguson Browne, M.P.		 28 Jul 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Ferguson Browne, député		 28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Ferguson Browne		 28 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jul 2023 22:30 (but data presented dynamically)

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