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♂ John Taylor
aliasJohn Taylor
Record
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☆   Anglican    Metis   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 4 2 6
Total 4 3 7
Birth 24 January 1834 → 190 years + 3 months ago
Lived 91 years + 1 month
First mandate 27 December 1870 → 153 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 11 months
Death 3 March 1925 → 99 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 45 years + 2 months after 15 December 1879
Special notes
None
 
John Taylor (1834–1925)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Taylor, a Manitoba MLA in the province's first decade, married Flora Campbell in 1856 and had eight children with her. She died in 1872, and he married Frances Jane Brown the next year, with whom he had another fourteen children. That's a total of twenty-two children!
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 5 2 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊖ James Cunningham  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Arthur W. Ross  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexander (Sandy) Murray  m 
⊖ William A. Tait  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 63 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Manitoba
27 December 1870
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28249(F) — 30 Sep 2023 12:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
IND
 1/2 32 50.79% +1 Loser:
IND
 31 49.21% James Cunningham
After his election:
28 Dec 1870 36
IND
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance ()
31 Mar 1871 37
OPPO
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 3 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 61 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Manitoba
31 March 1871
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28272(F) — 30 Sep 2023 12:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
37
OPPO
 2/2 30 49.18% -1 Winner:
GOV
 31 50.82% James Cunningham
Eligible: 196 Votes: 113 Participation: 57.65% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Manitoba
30 December 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28275(F) — 30 Sep 2023 12:41 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
40
IND
 1/2 59 52.21% +5 Loser:
IND
 54 47.79% William A. Tait

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 173 Votes: 125 Participation: 72.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Manitoba
18 December 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28304(F) — 30 Sep 2023 12:41 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
IND
 1/2 71 56.80% +17 Loser:
IND
 54 43.20% William A. Tait
After his election:
19 Dec 1878 44
IND
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance ()
10 Jun 1879 45
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 5 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Manitoba
24 June 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28330(F) — 30 Sep 2023 12:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
GOV
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 5 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 293 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Manitoba
16 December 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28331(F) — 30 Sep 2023 12:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
LICO
 2/2 106 36.18% -81 Winner:
LICO
 187 63.82% Alexander (Sandy) Murray
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,528 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Manitoba
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19740(F) — 30 Sep 2023 12:04 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
57
LIB
 2/2 1,169 46.24% -190 Winner:
LC
 1,359 53.76% Arthur W. Ross

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Taylor		 02 Feb 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Taylor, John		 02 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Taylor, John		 02 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Taylor (1834-1925)		 02 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Taylor (Manitoba politician)		 02 Feb 2024

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