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♂ John Harold McLaughlin
aliasHarold McLaughlin
Record
41976 · 8443

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 2 3
Birth 26 March 1905 → 119 years + 1 month ago
Lived 86 years + 8 months
First mandate 29 June 1955 → 68 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 3 months
Death 8 December 1991 → 32 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 5 months after 17 June 1959
Special notes
None
 

John Harold McLaughlin (1905–1991)
No image available
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 3 11 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Cornelia L.R. Wood  f  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Rudolph Zander  m 
 
Eligible: 8,173 Votes: 5,838 Participation: 71.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28094(F) — 7 Mar 2022 12:57 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 2,865 52.95% +1,077 Loser:
SC
 1,788 33.04% Cornelia L.R. Wood

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,403 Votes: 6,227 Participation: 66.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28147(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LIB
 2/3 2,091 33.74% -789 Winner:
SC
 2,880 46.47% Cornelia L.R. Wood
Eligible: 10,445 Votes: 6,505 Participation: 62.28% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28229(F) — 30 Jul 2023 18:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
58
LIB
 2/5 1,921 29.59% -795 Winner:
SC
 2,716 41.83% Cornelia L.R. Wood

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Harold McLaughlin		 03 May 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
J. Harold McLaughlin		 03 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
John McLaughlin (Alberta politician)		 03 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 May 2024 22:49 (but data presented dynamically)

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