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♂ John Decore
aliasJohn Decore
Record
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Ukranian-Canadian    Orthodox   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 2 4
Birth 9 April 1909 → 115 years ago
Lived 85 years + 7 months
First mandate 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 2 months
Death 11 November 1994 → 29 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 5 months after 9 June 1957
Special notes
Born Ivan Dikur.
 
John Decore (1909–1994)
© Photo 1953 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Laurence G. Decore (1940–1999) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 7 11 11

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Anthony Hlynka  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Terence J. Nugent  m 
 		 ⊖ Lucien P. Maynard  m 
⊖ William Skoreyko  m 
 
Eligible: 21,045 Votes: 16,096 Participation: 76.48% Candidacies: 2
Federal
21		 Alberta
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23397(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 8,859 55.41% +1,731 Loser:
SC
 7,128 44.59% Anthony Hlynka

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,118 Votes: 17,201 Participation: 68.48% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 Alberta
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23688(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 8,023 46.98% +1,314 Loser:
SC
 6,709 39.28% Anthony Hlynka

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,608 Votes: 18,317 Participation: 77.59% Candidacies: 5
Federal
23		 Alberta
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23969(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
SC
 7,327 40.22% Peter Stefura
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,742 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Alberta
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24503(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
53
LIB
 3/4 6,771 24.41% -2,520 Winner:
PC
 9,291 33.49% William Skoreyko
Eligible: inc. Votes: 53,380 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Alberta
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24769(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
53
LIB
 2/4 16,195 30.34% -2,685 Winner:
PC
 18,880 35.37% Terence J. Nugent

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Decore		 03 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Decore		 03 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Decore		 03 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Mar 2024 10:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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