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♂ John Thomas Moore
aliasJohn Thomas Moore
Record
44317 · 7965

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 1 2
North-Western Territories 0 1 1
Total 1 2 3
Birth 3 July 1844 → 179 years + 9 months ago
Lived 72 years + 11 months
First mandate 9 November 1905 → 118 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 61 years + 4 months
Death 5 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 2 months after 21 March 1909
Special notes
None
 
John Thomas Moore (1844–1917)
© Photo 1917 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
An Alberta Liberal MLA in the new province's first assembly, Moore was a staunch prohibitionist who proposed in the legislature the abolition of the "bar," which he called a "drunkard factory." Meanwhile, while everyone argued as to whether Edmonton or Calgary should be the capital, he advocated for Red Deer. When he died in 1917, his will provided that his wife inherited everything with a minor legacy to his daughter, while his sons got nothing. One has to wonder: was it because they drank?
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 3 4 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Leonard Gaetz  m 
⊖ Peter Talbot  m 
 		 ⊖ Edward Michener  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 871 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
5		 North-Western Territories
21 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Majority
ID: 30611(F) — 1 Mar 2022 12:54 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 2/2 315 36.17% -241 Winner:
LICO
 556 63.83% Peter Talbot
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,091 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27403(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
61
LIB
 1/3 524 48.03% +45 Loser:
CONS
 479 43.90% Leonard Gaetz

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,728 Votes: 1,281 Participation: 74.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27432(F) — 25 Oct 2023 05:47 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
LIB
 2/3 494 38.56% -163 Winner:
ICON
 657 51.29% Edward Michener

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
John T. Moore		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Thomas Moore		 16 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Mar 2024 21:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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