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♂ John W. Woolf
aliasJohn W. Woolf
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 0 2
North-Western Territories 1 0 1
Total 3 0 3
Birth 27 November 1869 → 154 years + 5 months ago
Lived 80 years + 2 months
First mandate 21 May 1902 → 121 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 5 months
Death 22 February 1950 → 74 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 9 months after 24 April 1912
Special notes
None
 
John W. Woolf (1869–1950)
© Photo 1900 H.W. Colford — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Martin Woolf (1858–1928) Brother  
 
Well that's interesting!
Woolf was absent from the Alberta legislature beginning in late 1911 and resigned in April 1912 to return permanently to the United States. His son believed that his father was driven out by a Protestant minister in Cardston who was investigating and bringing to the attention of the authorities violations of Canada's anti-polygamy laws. His brother Martin won his seat in a by-election on May 27, 1912.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 6 5 13 Z
North-Western Territories 3 3 10 Z
TOTAL 9 8 24

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 285 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
5		 North-Western Territories
21 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Majority
ID: 30609(F) — 21 Jul 2021 17:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
LIB
 1/2 176 61.75% +67 Loser:
LICO
 109 38.25% Heber S. Allen

Service: 3 years 3 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 690 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27390(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/2 480 69.57% +270 Loser:
CONS
 210 30.43% John F. Parrish

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,018 Votes: 909 Participation: 89.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27419(F) — 5 Mar 2022 14:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/2 521 57.44% +135 Loser:
CONS
 386 42.56% Levi Harker
After his election:
24 Apr 1912 42
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 1 month 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,203 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
27 May 1912
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27467(F) — 14 Oct 2022 20:02 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
LIB
 671 55.78% Martin Woolf

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
John W. Woolf		 02 Feb 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 13, 20, 23)		 02 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
John William Woolf		 02 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Feb 2024 23:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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