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♂ John H. Laird
aliasJohn H. Laird
Record
33318 · 9168

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 0 1
Birth 18 June 1874 → 149 years + 10 months ago
Lived ± 84 years
First mandate 19 June 1934 → 89 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 60 years
Death c. 1959 → 65 years ago
Exit → Death ± 20 years + 6 months after 7 June 1938
Special notes
None
 

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 3 11 18 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William G. Baker  m 
⊖ William G. Ross  m 
 		 ⊖ John A. Merkley  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
60
LIB
 2/7 4,403 45.66% +1,963 Loser:
CONS
 2,440 25.30% John A. Merkley

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LIB
 4,728 50.15% William G. Baker

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Laird, John Houston 1874 – 1959 (p. 20)		 10 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Houston Laird		 10 Sep 2023

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