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♂ John Watterworth
aliasJohn Watterworth
Record
64272 · 8074

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 1 4
Birth 24 November 1827 → 196 years + 5 months ago
Lived 75 years + 3 months
First mandate 17 September 1872 → 151 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 9 months
Death 1 March 1903 → 121 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 3 days after 26 February 1883
Special notes
None
 

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
Ontario 10 5 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Nathaniel Currie  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexander Johnston  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Ontario
17 September 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33053(F) — 21 Feb 2022 14:05 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 2 years 4 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,652 Votes: 2,606 Participation: 71.36% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32808(F) — 3 Aug 2023 20:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 1,415 54.30% +224 Loser:
LC
 1,191 45.70% Nathaniel Currie

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,440 Votes: 3,099 Participation: 69.80% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32902(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 1,575 50.82% +51 Loser:
LC
 1,524 49.18% ? Richardson

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,673 Votes: 3,608 Participation: 77.21% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32990(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:19 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 2/2 1,748 48.79% -87 Winner:
LC
 1,835 51.21% Alexander Johnston

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Watterworth		 29 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Watterworth		 29 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Watterworth		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 21:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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