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♂ John William Thomson
aliasJohn Thomson
Record
61144 · 768

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 28 December 1928
Age 95 years + 3 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 39 years + 7 months ago (3 September 1984)
Special notes
None
 
John William Thomson (1928– )
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 3 12

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Alastair W. Gillespie  m 
 		 ⊕ André C. Vachon  m 
 
Eligible: 92,769 Votes: 73,969 Participation: 79.73% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10486(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
45
PC
 2/5 28,193 38.24% -9,654 Winner:
LIB
 37,847 51.34% Alastair W. Gillespie
Eligible: 78,789 Votes: 56,957 Participation: 72.29% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Alberta
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4324(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
PC
 1/5 37,900 66.54% +23,061 Loser:
LIB
 14,839 26.05% Jim Palmer

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 78,789 Votes: 51,261 Participation: 65.06% Candidacies: 7
Federal
32		 Alberta
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4042(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/7 34,873 68.12% +23,119 Loser:
LIB
 11,754 22.96% Madeline J. Hombert

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 94,859 Votes: 71,498 Participation: 75.37% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Alberta
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3747(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
PC
 55,590 77.91% Barbara J. (Bobbie) Sparrow

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John William Thomson, M.P.		 20 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John William Thomson, député		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John William Thomson		 20 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Apr 2024 19:16 (but data presented dynamically)

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