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♂ John Peter McArthur
aliasJohn McArthur
Record
40412 · 7994

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 2 3
Birth 16 July 1862 → 161 years + 9 months ago
Lived 79 years + 7 months
First mandate 17 April 1913 → 111 years + 17 days ago
↳ at age 50 years + 9 months
Death 19 February 1942 → 82 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 8 months after 6 June 1917
Special notes
None
 
John Peter McArthur (1862–1942)
© Photo 1905 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Archibald J. (A.J.) McArthur (1857–1911) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 4 1 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ A.T. Fred Davis  m 
⊖ Harold W.H. Riley  m 
 		 ⊖ John W. Leedy  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,434 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
31 October 1911
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27464(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 2/2 1,064 43.71% -306 Winner:
CONS
 1,370 56.29% Harold W.H. Riley
Eligible: 1,565 Votes: 1,220 Participation: 77.96% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27481(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 641 52.67% +65 Loser:
CONS
 576 47.33% George McElroy

Service: 4 years 1 month 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,711 Votes: 1,782 Participation: 65.73% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27550(F) — 29 Oct 2022 08:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LIB
 2/3 712 39.96% -50 Winner:
CONS
 762 42.76% A.T. Fred Davis

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Peter McArthur		 24 Apr 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
John P. McArthur		 24 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Peter McArthur		 24 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Apr 2024 21:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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