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♂ John H. Sissons
aliasJohn H. Sissons
Record
57137 · 7913

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 14 July 1892 → 131 years + 9 months ago
Lived 76 years + 11 months
First mandate 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 47 years + 8 months
Death 11 July 1969 → 54 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 1 month after 10 June 1945
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 5 2 14

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Solon E. Low  m 
 		 ⊖ René-Antoine Pelletier  m 
 
Eligible: 25,380 Votes: 15,568 Participation: 61.34% Candidacies: 4
Federal
19		 Alberta
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22874(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
LIB
 1/4 6,426 41.28% +1,079 Loser:
ND
 5,347 34.35% René-Antoine Pelletier

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,937 Votes: 17,826 Participation: 71.48% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 Alberta
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23134(F) — 6 Sep 2021 20:59 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LIB
 2/4 4,109 23.05% -3,210 Winner:
SC
 7,319 41.06% Solon E. Low

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
John Howard Sissons		 09 Oct 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
John Howard Sissons		 09 Oct 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Howard Sissons, M.P.		 09 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Howard Sissons, député		 09 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Sissons		 09 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Oct 2023 19:53 (but data presented dynamically)

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