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♂ John A. Dowd
aliasJohn A. Dowd
Record
16809 · 9305

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Saskatchewan 3 0 3
Total 3 1 4
Birth 19 September 1879 → 144 years + 7 months ago
Lived 52 years + 7 months
First mandate 26 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 9 months
Death 10 May 1932 → 91 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 9 months after 1 August 1926
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 9 1 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Archibald M. Carmichael  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,635 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31198(F) — 5 Aug 2023 22:43 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 1,890 51.99% +145 Loser:
CONS
 1,745 48.01% Albert E. Mosses

Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,744 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Saskatchewan
9 June 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31263(F) — 5 Aug 2023 22:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 2,468 65.92% +1,192 Loser:
IND
 1,276 34.08% James J. Cochrane

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,580 Votes: 3,397 Participation: 60.88% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31342(F) — 5 Aug 2023 22:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 2,121 62.44% +845 Loser:
CONS
 1,276 37.56% William J.M. McMullen
After his election:
1 Aug 1926 46
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 1 month 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,605 Votes: 10,866 Participation: 74.40% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Saskatchewan
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22262(F) — 5 Aug 2023 22:43 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
46
LIB
 2/2 5,326 49.02% -214 Winner:
PROG
 5,540 50.98% Archibald M. Carmichael
Eligible: 5,580 Votes: 4,100 Participation: 73.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
9 November 1926
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31440(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
LIB
 2,311 56.37% Donald Laing

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Albert Dowd		 16 Sep 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Dowd, John Albert 1876 – 1932 (p. 9)		 16 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Albert Dowd		 16 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Sep 2023 11:03 (but data presented dynamically)

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