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♂ John D. MacLean
aliasJohn D. MacLean
Record
38254 · 7625

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 4 1 5
Total 4 2 6
Birth 8 November 1873 → 150 years + 5 months ago
Lived 74 years + 4 months
First mandate 14 September 1916 → 107 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 10 months
Death 28 March 1948 → 76 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 8 months after 17 July 1928
Special notes
None
 
John D. MacLean (1873–1948) 200x239
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Public domain
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
British Columbia 11 8 26 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 16
LIB
 1 Party leader 53–54 20 Aug 1927 — 18 Jul 1928 0 10 28
2. BC 16
LIB
 1 Premier 53–54 20 Aug 1927 — 17 Jul 1928 0 10 27

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
8 documented challengers
⊖ James H. Beatty  m 
⊖ Joshua Hinchcliffe  m 
⊖ John J. McRae  m 
⊖ William T. Straith  m 
 		 ⊖ Reginald Hayward  m 
⊖ John R. Jackson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ D'Arcy B. Plunkett  m 
⊖ Harold D. Twigg  m 
 
Eligible: 852 Votes: 696 Participation: 81.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29006(F) — 3 Mar 2022 08:00 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 491 70.55% +286 Loser:
LC
 205 29.45% John R. Jackson
After his election:
30 Nov 1916 43
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 852 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
3 January 1917
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29036(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 888 Votes: 799 Participation: 89.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 British Columbia
1 December 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29217(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 392 49.06% +100 Loser:
LC
 292 36.55% John R. Jackson

Service: 3 years 6 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,360 Votes: 2,491 Participation: 74.14% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29285(F) — 3 Mar 2022 10:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 1,148 46.09% +383 Loser:
LC
 765 30.71% John J. McRae

Service: 4 years 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,070 Votes: 57,708 Participation: 62.54% Candidacies: 12
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29372(F) — 26 Jul 2023 23:42 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
54
LIB
 5/12 6,672 46.25% -560 Winner:
CONS
 7,232 50.13% Harold D. Twigg
Eligible: 16,142 Votes: 11,180 Participation: 69.26% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 British Columbia
6 December 1928
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 22304(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
55
LIB
 2/2 5,544 49.59% -92 Winner:
LC
 5,636 50.41% D'Arcy B. Plunkett

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
John Duncan MacLean		 02 Jan 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
John Duncan MacLean		 02 Jan 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Duncan MacLean		 02 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Duncan MacLean		 02 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Duncan MacLean		 02 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Duncan MacLean		 02 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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