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♂ John James Bowlen
aliasJohn James Bowlen
Record
6595 · 8280

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 1 4
Birth 21 July 1876 → 147 years + 9 months ago
Lived 83 years + 4 months
First mandate 19 June 1930 → 93 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 10 months
Death 16 December 1959 → 64 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 4 months after 7 August 1944
Special notes
None
 
John James Bowlen (1876–1959)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
Governor Alberta (1950–1959) Died in office
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 14 1 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
17 documented challengers
⊖ William Aberhart  m 
⊖ Andrew Davison  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Edith H. Gostick  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Irwin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Howard B. Macdonald  m 
⊖ Ernest C. Manning  m 
⊖ Robert H. Parkyn  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George H. Webster  m 
⊖ Rosamond (Rose) E. Wilkinson  f 
 		 ⊖ Frederick Anderson  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Hugh C. Farthing  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John W. Hugill  m 
⊖ Aylmer J.E. Liesemer  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James C. Mahaffy  m 
⊖ Harold W. McGill  m 
⊖ Joseph T. Shaw  m 
⊖ Fred J. White  m  (3 runoffs)
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 2/13 2,598 10.64% +1,054 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
59
LIB
 5/20 3,874 9.40% +842 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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
INDM
 5/13 3,447 7.51% +601 Loser:
CCF
 2,846 6.20% Fred J. White
After his election:
29 Jan 1942 65
INDM
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 62,807 Votes: 40,826 Participation: 65.00% Candidacies: 19
Provincial
10		 Alberta
8 August 1944
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27902(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
INDM
 6/19 2,192 5.58% -1,368 Winner:
CCF
 3,560 9.06% Aylmer J.E. Liesemer

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable John J. Bowlen		 13 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John J. Bowlen		 13 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Mar 2024 21:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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