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♂ John Alexander Merkley
aliasJohn Merkley
Record
43038 · 9167

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 2 4
Birth 16 June 1877 → 146 years + 10 months ago
Lived ± 68 years
First mandate 6 June 1929 → 94 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 11 months
Death c. 1946 → 78 years ago
Exit → Death ± 11 years + 6 months after 18 June 1934
Special notes
None
 

John Alexander Merkley (1877–c.1946)
No photo 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
Saskatchewan 4 11 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ William G. Baker  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John H. Laird  m 
⊖ Robert H. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ John W. (Jack) Corman  m 
⊖ William G. Ross  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 11,437 Votes: 16,742 Participation: 74.78% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 CONS  9 Sep 1929
ID: 31472(F) — 27 Oct 2023 20:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
CONS
 1/4 4,372 52.23% +191 Loser:
LLAB
 4,181 49.95% William G. Baker
After his election:
9 Sep 1929 52
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
9 Sep 1929 52
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 3 months 3 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 11,437 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
30 September 1929
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 31507(F) — 27 Oct 2023 20:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 8 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,588 Votes: 19,288 Participation: 93.21% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31540(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
CONS
 3/7 2,440 25.30% -1,963 Winner:
LIB
 4,403 45.66% John H. Laird
Eligible: 12,433 Votes: 18,854 Participation: 76.84% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
9		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1938
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31595(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
60
CONS
 5/6 2,137 22.67% -2,591 Winner:
LIB
 4,728 50.15% William G. Baker

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John A. Merkley		 26 Apr 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Merkley, John Alexander 1877 – 1946 (p. 27)		 26 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Alexander Merkley		 26 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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