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♂ John Robert Boyle
aliasJohn Boyle
Record
6754 · 7968

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 6 1 7
Birth 3 February 1871 → 153 years + 3 months ago
Lived 65 years
First mandate 9 November 1905 → 118 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 9 months
Death 15 February 1936 → 88 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 5 months after 27 August 1924
Special notes
None
 
John Robert Boyle (1871–1936)
© Photo — Public domain
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
Alberta 18 7 28 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 5
LIB
 1 Party leader 50–53 02 Feb 1922 — 27 Aug 1924 2 6 25
2. AB 5
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 50–53 02 Feb 1922 — 12 Apr 1924 2 2 10

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
15 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph W. Adair  m 
⊖ John C. Bowen  m 
⊖ Ambrose U.G. Bury  m 
⊖ James K. Cornwall  m 
⊖ Albert F. Ewing  m 
⊖ James D. Hyndman  m 
⊖ Andrew R. McLennan  m 
⊖ William Short  m 
 		 ⊖ Adéodat Boileau  m 
⊖ Ernest M. Brown  m 
⊖ Samuel A. Carson  m 
⊖ Herbert H. Crawford  m 
⊖ Jeremiah W. Heffernan  m 
⊖ Nellie L. McClung  f 
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 939 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27408(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 1/2 721 76.78% +503 Loser:
CONS
 218 23.22% Frank Knight

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27437(F) — 5 Mar 2022 15:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
4 May 1912 41
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 3 years 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,775 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
27 May 1912
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27471(F) — 14 Oct 2022 20:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 1,173 66.08% +571 Loser:
CONS
 602 33.92% A.W. Taylor

Service: 9 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,134 Votes: 1,492 Participation: 69.92% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27506(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 936 62.73% +380 Loser:
CONS
 556 37.27% James D. Hyndman

Service: 4 years 1 month 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,505 Votes: 3,289 Participation: 93.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27578(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/3 1,546 47.19% +334 Loser:
CONS
 1,212 37.00% J. Sutherland

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 75,758 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 26
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27610(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 4/26 5,361 35.38% +383 Loser:
UFA
 4,978 32.85% William J. Jackman
After his election:
27 Aug 1924 53
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 3 years 1 month 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,299 Votes: 4,772 Participation: 75.76% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27642(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LIB
 2/2 1,949 40.91% -866 Winner:
UFA
 2,815 59.09% Samuel A. Carson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,127 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
5		 Alberta
27 October 1924
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27664(F) — 29 Oct 2022 10:26 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
LIB
 4,640 32.84% William T. Henry

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
John R. Boyle KC		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Robert Boyle		 11 Apr 2024

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