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♂ E. John C. Loney
aliasE. John C. Loney
Record
36700 · 804

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 43%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 4 7
Birth 23 February 1929 → 95 years + 2 months ago
Lived 87 years + 10 months
First mandate 8 April 1963 → 61 years + 21 days ago
↳ at age 34 years + 1 month
Death 22 January 2017 → 7 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 7 months after 1 June 1997
Special notes
None
 
E. John C. Loney (1929–2017)
© Photo 1994 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Loney was an Ontario Progressive Conservative MP from 1963 to his defeat in 1968. In 1993, 30 years after his first election, he returned to Parliament as an Alberta Liberal, serving only one term and choosing not to re-offer in 1997.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 9 22

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Crawford Douglas  m 
⊖ Ross M. Whicher  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Steve E. Paproski  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,463 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24848(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
34
PC
 1/3 7,451 51.52% +1,050 Loser:
LIB
 6,401 44.26% John H. Mackenzie

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,075 Votes: 13,818 Participation: 80.93% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25117(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
PC
 1/3 6,846 49.92% +1,422 Loser:
LIB
 5,424 39.55% Kent Lamont

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,360 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9960(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
PC
 2/3 11,674 42.67% -1,101 Winner:
LIB
 12,775 46.69% Ross M. Whicher
Eligible: 42,357 Votes: 33,043 Participation: 78.01% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10215(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
43
PC
 2/3 14,297 43.27% -677 Winner:
LIB
 14,974 45.32% Ross M. Whicher
Eligible: 46,111 Votes: 36,225 Participation: 78.56% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10479(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
45
PC
 2/3 15,346 42.52% -1,812 Winner:
LIB
 17,158 47.54% Crawford Douglas
Eligible: inc. Votes: 47,574 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Federal
34		 Alberta
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3457(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
59
LIB
 3/9 9,270 19.49% -9,775 Winner:
PC
 19,045 40.03% Steve E. Paproski
Eligible: 79,002 Votes: 49,596 Participation: 62.78% Candidacies: 8
Federal
35		 Alberta
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3156(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
64
LIB
 1/8 19,536 39.47% +202 Loser:
REF
 19,334 39.06% Ron Mix

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 65,595 Votes: 36,493 Participation: 55.63% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Alberta
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2855(F) — 30 Jun 2023 22:42 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
68		 Successor:
REF
 16,124 44.30% Deborah C. Grey

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Edison John Clayton Loney, M.P.		 03 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Edison John Clayton Loney, député		 03 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Loney		 03 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Loney		 03 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Mar 2024 11:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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