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♂ John A. McDonald
aliasJohn A. McDonald
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 0 2
Birth c. August 1865 → 158 years + 9 months ago
Lived ± 63 years
First mandate 14 August 1908 → 115 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age ± 43 years
Death c. 1929 → 95 years ago
Exit → Death ± 14 years + 8 months after 1 May 1914
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 5 8 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William R. Motherwell  m 
 
 
Eligible: 2,118 Votes: 1,838 Participation: 86.78% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Saskatchewan
14 August 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31113(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±43
PRP
 1/2 990 53.86% +142 Loser:
LIB
 848 46.14% William R. Motherwell

Service: 3 years 10 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,241 Votes: 1,719 Participation: 76.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Saskatchewan
11 July 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31140(F) — 9 Mar 2022 08:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±46
CONS
 1/2 882 51.31% +45 Loser:
LIB
 837 48.69% John A. McLaughlin
After his election:
1 May 1914 ±48
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 1 year 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,241 Votes: 2,062 Participation: 92.01% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Saskatchewan
25 June 1914
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31179(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±48		 Successor:
LIB
 1,171 56.79% James G. Gardiner

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
McDonald, John Archibald 1865 – 1929 (p. 25)		 17 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Archibald McDonald (Saskatchewan politician)		 17 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
John Archibald McDonald (homme politque saskatchewanais)		 17 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Sep 2023 16:09 (but data presented dynamically)

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