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♂ John H.W.S. Kemmis
aliasJohn H.W.S. Kemmis
Record
31301 · 8007

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 1 4
Birth 1 October 1867 → 156 years + 7 months ago
Lived 75 years
First mandate 31 October 1911 → 112 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 44 years
Death 13 October 1942 → 81 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 2 months after 17 July 1921
Special notes
None
 
John H.W.S. Kemmis (1867–1942) 200x208
© Photo c.1910 — 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 9 7 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John P. Marcellus  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,396 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27401(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
IND
 3/3 410 29.37% -140 Winner:
LIB
 550 39.40% John P. Marcellus
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,006 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
31 October 1911
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27466(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
CONS
 1/2 576 57.26% +146 Loser:
LIB
 430 42.74% J.F. Ross

Service: 1 year 4 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,053 Votes: 913 Participation: 86.70% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27497(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
CONS
 1/2 487 53.34% +61 Loser:
LIB
 426 46.66% A.N. Mount

Service: 4 years 1 month 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,769 Votes: 1,360 Participation: 76.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27567(F) — 29 Oct 2022 08:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
CONS
 1/3 496 36.47% +48 Loser:
LIB
 448 32.94% Thomas Hammond

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,491 Votes: 1,371 Participation: 91.95% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27630(F) — 12 Jan 2024 21:41 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
UFA
 572 41.81% Earl G. Cook

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
John H.W.S. Kemmis		 08 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Kemmis		 08 Jan 2024

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Rev.:  8 Jan 2024 20:04 (but data presented dynamically)

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