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♂ John C. Knowles
aliasJohn C. Knowles
Record
32231 · 9373

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 2 3
Birth 15 October 1894 → 129 years + 6 months ago
Lived 82 years + 10 months
First mandate 8 June 1938 → 85 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 7 months
Death 31 August 1977 → 46 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 2 months after 14 June 1944
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 6 0 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
8 documented challengers
⊖ William C. Beeching  m 
⊖ Clarence M. Fines  m 
⊖ G. Alexander Jupp  m 
⊖ Harry G.R. Walker  m 
 		 ⊖ Marjorie A. Cooper  f 
⊖ Hans O. Hansen  m 
⊖ Garnet N. Menzies  m 
⊖ Charles C. Williams  m 
 
Eligible: 8,199 Votes: 6,850 Participation: 83.55% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1938
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31619(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 4,053 59.17% +1,256 Loser:
SC
 2,797 40.83% Frank R. Beggs

Service: 6 years 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,582 Votes: 6,094 Participation: 80.37% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31673(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LIB
 2/2 2,527 41.47% -1,040 Winner:
CCF
 3,567 58.53% Hans O. Hansen
Eligible: 48,645 Votes: 129,046 Participation: 88.43% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
12		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31766(F) — 30 Mar 2024 00:15 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 6/11 15,328 35.63% -9,378 Winner:
CCF
 24,706 57.44% Marjorie A. Cooper

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Knowles, John Cunningham 1894 – 1977 (p. 19)		 16 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Cunningham Knowles		 16 Sep 2023

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