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♂ John Felton Betts
aliasJohn Betts
Record
4652 · 8808

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
North-Western Territories 3 2 5
Birth 9 October 1854 → 169 years + 6 months ago
Lived 59 years + 7 months
First mandate 30 June 1888 → 135 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 8 months
Death 9 May 1914 → 109 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 6 months after 3 November 1898
Special notes
None
 
John Felton Betts (1854–1914)
© Photo 1912 — 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
North-Western Territories 10 4 1 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NW 3
LICO
 1 Speaker 40–44 29 Aug 1895 — 13 Oct 1898 3 1 14

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas McKay  m 
⊖ William Plaxton  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Samuel McLeod  m 
⊖ James D. Taylor  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,012 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Territorial
1		 North-Western Territories
30 June 1888
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30482(F) — 21 Jan 2023 12:02 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
IND
 2/3 322 63.64% +15 Loser:
IND
 307 60.67% Owen E. Hughes

Service: 3 years 4 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 306 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Territorial
2		 North-Western Territories
7 November 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30511(F) — 21 Jan 2023 11:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
IND
 1/3 159 51.96% +53 Loser:
IND
 106 34.64% Philip Turnor

Service: 2 years 11 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 492 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
3		 North-Western Territories
31 October 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30543(F) — 20 Jan 2023 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
IND
 1/2 282 57.32% +72 Loser:
IND
 210 42.68% James D. Taylor

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 594 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
4		 North-Western Territories
4 November 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30561(F) — 13 Oct 2023 21:31 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
IND
 2/2 279 46.97% -36 Winner:
IND
 315 53.03% Samuel McLeod
Eligible: inc. Votes: 771 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Territorial
5		 North-Western Territories
21 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Majority
ID: 30594(F) — 1 Mar 2022 12:55 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
47
IND
 3/3 149 19.33% -210 Winner:
LIB
 359 46.56% Thomas McKay

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 5, 9-11, 15, 23, 30)		 16 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Felton Betts		 16 Apr 2024

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