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♂ John A. Wilson
aliasJohn A. Wilson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 3 2 5
Birth 29 June 1881 → 142 years + 10 months ago
Lived 84 years + 10 months
First mandate 9 June 1921 → 102 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 11 months
Death 20 May 1966 → 57 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 11 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 11 11 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊖ William T. Badger  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Nathaniel Given  m 
 		 ⊖ James Cobban  m 
⊖ Wilfrid A.S. Tegart  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,732 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31222(F) — 18 Sep 2023 00:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 2/3 2,080 43.96% -71 Winner:
CONS
 2,151 45.46% William T. Badger
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,195 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Saskatchewan
9 June 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31285(F) — 18 Sep 2023 00:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 1/2 2,735 52.65% +275 Loser:
ICON
 2,460 47.35% William T. Badger

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,084 Votes: 4,814 Participation: 67.96% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31363(F) — 18 Sep 2023 00:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 1,932 40.13% +359 Loser:
PROG
 1,573 32.68% Harry W. Ellis

Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,539 Votes: 6,484 Participation: 86.01% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 31484(F) — 27 Oct 2023 20:52 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
LIB
 2/3 2,212 34.11% -1,228 Winner:
CONS
 3,440 53.05% Nathaniel Given
Eligible: 6,178 Votes: 5,410 Participation: 87.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31523(F) — 18 Sep 2023 00:35 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
52
LIB
 1/3 2,213 40.91% +406 Loser:
FLG
 1,807 33.40% Halvor Vindeg

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,255 Votes: 7,214 Participation: 87.39% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
9		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1938
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31580(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
CCF
 3,164 43.86% Louis H. Hantelman

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Andrew Wilson		 18 Sep 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Wilson, John Andrew 1881 – 1966 (p. 41)		 18 Sep 2023

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