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♂ John Walter Grant MacEwan
aliasGrant MacEwan
Record
37792 · 8310

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Alberta 1 1 2
Total 1 2 3
Birth 12 August 1902 → 121 years + 8 months ago
Lived 97 years + 10 months
First mandate 29 June 1955 → 68 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 10 months
Death 15 June 2000 → 23 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 11 months after 17 June 1959
Special notes
None
 
John Walter Grant MacEwan (1902–2000)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Calgary, Alberta (1963–1965)
Mun./Co. Council Calgary, Alberta (1953–1958)
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 3 11 18 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 13–14
LIB
 1 Party leader 56–57 01 Nov 1958 — 14 Jan 1960 1 2 13
2. AB 13
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 56 05 Feb 1959 — 07 Apr 1959 0 2 2

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
10 documented challengers
⊖ Paul R. Brecken  m 
⊖ Walter G. Dinsdale  m 
⊖ Aylmer J.E. Liesemer  m 
⊖ Hugh J. MacDonald  m 
⊖ Rosamond (Rose) E. Wilkinson  f  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Frederick C. Colborne  m 
⊖ Arthur J. Dixon  m 
⊖ Howard B. Macdonald  m 
⊖ Arthur R. Smith  m 
⊖ Arthur H. Wray  m 
 
Eligible: 27,489 Votes: 19,495 Participation: 70.92% Candidacies: 2
Federal
21		 Manitoba
25 June 1951
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23660(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 2/2 8,371 42.94% -2,753 Winner:
PC
 11,124 57.06% Walter G. Dinsdale
Eligible: 106,609 Votes: 64,660 Participation: 60.65% Candidacies: 23
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28059(F) — 28 Jul 2023 19:08 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
LIB
 5/23 4,019 6.43% -1,015 Loser:
CONS
 5,034 8.06% Paul R. Brecken

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,562 Votes: 12,877 Participation: 62.63% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28158(F) — 18 Oct 2021 14:38 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
56
LIB
 3/4 2,429 18.91% -4,226 Winner:
SC
 6,655 51.82% Rosamond (Rose) E. Wilkinson

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable J.W. Grant MacEwan OC, AOE		 18 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Walter Grant MacEwan		 18 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Walter Grant MacEwan		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Grant MacEwan		 18 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Grant MacEwan		 18 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Apr 2024 19:53 (but data presented dynamically)

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