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♂ John H. Blackmore
aliasJohn H. Blackmore
Record
5173 · 7931

☆   Mormon   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Birth 27 March 1890 → 134 years + 1 month ago
Lived 81 years + 1 month
First mandate 14 October 1935 → 88 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 6 months
Death 2 May 1971 → 52 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 1 month after 30 March 1958
Special notes
None
 
John H. Blackmore (1890–1971)
© Photo c.1945 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A Social Credit MP from Alberta, Blackmore, though not a polygamist himself, was ex­com­mu­ni­cated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1947 for "teaching and advocating the doctrine of plural marriage." As an MP, he urged Parliament to repeal the anti-polygamy law and succeeded in removing specific references to Mormons in the law.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 22 5 10

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 17–19
SC
 1 Party leader 45–54 01 Jul 1935 — 30 Jun 1944 8 11 29

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Deane R. Gundlock  m 
 		 ⊖ John S. Stewart  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 18,009 Votes: 12,777 Participation: 70.95% Candidacies: 5
Federal
18		 Alberta
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22596(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament (Party leader)
Age
45
SC
 1/5 6,516 51.00% +3,526 Loser:
LC
 2,990 23.40% John S. Stewart

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,244 Votes: 15,505 Participation: 72.99% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Alberta
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22871(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
ND
 1/3 6,362 41.03% +824 Loser:
LIB
 5,538 35.72% Lynden E. Fairbairn

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,921 Votes: 16,659 Participation: 76.00% Candidacies: 5
Federal
20		 Alberta
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23131(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
SC
 1/5 7,250 43.52% +3,430 Loser:
LIB
 3,820 22.93% Louis S. Turcotte

Service: 4 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,134 Votes: 19,079 Participation: 70.31% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Alberta
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23392(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
SC
 1/4 8,880 46.98% +3,120 Loser:
LIB
 5,760 30.47% Louis S. Turcotte

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 26,492 Votes: 17,355 Participation: 65.51% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 Alberta
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23683(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
SC
 1/3 9,737 56.62% +4,061 Loser:
LIB
 5,676 33.01% Ernest R. McFarlane

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,940 Votes: 20,749 Participation: 74.26% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Alberta
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23964(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
SC
 1/3 10,910 53.02% +4,283 Loser:
LIB
 6,627 32.20% Asael E. Palmer

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,940 Votes: 22,910 Participation: 82.00% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Alberta
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24230(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
SC
 2/4 6,471 28.25% -6,893 Winner:
PC
 13,364 58.33% Deane R. Gundlock

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Horne Blackmore, M.P.		 03 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Horne Blackmore, député		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Horne Blackmore		 03 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Feb 2024 12:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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