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♂ John Irwin
aliasJohn Irwin
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 10 October 1869 → 154 years + 6 months ago
Lived 78 years + 6 months
First mandate 28 June 1926 → 97 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 8 months
Death 7 May 1948 → 75 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 1 month after 20 March 1940
Special notes
Grandson John Irwin served as Mayor of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, and ran in the 2021 federal election for the Veterans Coalition Party of Canada.
 
John Irwin (1869–1948)
© Photo 1929 Public Archives of Alberta — 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 13 8 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
15 documented challengers
⊖ Frederick Anderson  m 
⊖ Hugh C. Farthing  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John W. Hugill  m 
⊖ Ernest C. Manning  m 
⊖ Nellie L. McClung  f 
⊖ Alexander A. McGillivray  m 
⊖ Alexander Ross  m 
⊖ Fred J. White  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John J. Bowlen  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Edith H. Gostick  f 
⊖ Aylmer J.E. Liesemer  m 
⊖ Robert C. Marshall  m 
⊖ Harold W. McGill  m 
⊖ Robert H. Parkyn  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ George H. Webster  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 34,287 Votes: 19,737 Participation: 59.40% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27671(F) — 29 Oct 2022 10:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
CONS
 3/11 1,662 8.42% -266 Loser:
LIB
 1,928 9.77% Nellie L. McClung

Service: 3 years 11 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,217 Votes: 24,981 Participation: 57.80% Candidacies: 13
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27724(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
CONS
 3/13 5,520 22.61% +3,976 Loser:
IND
 1,544 6.32% Robert H. Parkyn

Service: 5 years 2 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 52,244 Votes: 42,001 Participation: 80.39% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27783(F) — 29 Oct 2022 12:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
CONS
 3/20 2,529 6.14% -503 Loser:
SC
 3,032 7.36% O.G. Devenish

Service: 4 years 6 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 59,338 Votes: 45,393 Participation: 78.69% Candidacies: 13
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27843(F) — 25 Oct 2023 06:05 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
INDM
 3,447 7.51% John J. Bowlen

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
John Irwin		 14 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Irwin (politician)		 14 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Jan 2024 06:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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