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♂ John Henry Sturdy
aliasJohn Henry Sturdy
Record
59525 · 9415

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 4 1 5
Birth 27 January 1893 → 131 years + 3 months ago
Lived 73 years + 7 months
First mandate 15 June 1944 → 79 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 4 months
Death 20 September 1966 → 57 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 3 months after 7 June 1960
Special notes
None
 
John Henry Sturdy (1893–1966)
© Photo Saskatchewan Archives via The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina — Public domain
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 15 11 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
10 documented challengers
⊖ Lillie F. Bowman  f 
⊖ Frederick M. Dundas  m 
⊖ F. Alvin G. Hamilton  m 
⊖ John Hnatyshyn  m 
⊖ Arthur T. Stone  m  (4 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ F. Nelson Clarke  m 
⊖ James W. Estey  m 
⊖ Robert A. Heggie  m 
⊖ Robert M. Pinder  m 
⊖ Henry O. Wright  m 
 
Eligible: 9,567 Votes: 8,689 Participation: 90.82% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31548(F) — 24 Sep 2022 20:10 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
41
FLG
 3/3 1,932 22.24% -2,198 Winner:
LIB
 4,130 47.53% Frederick M. Dundas
Eligible: 23,081 Votes: 35,832 Participation: 77.62% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31661(F) — 26 Mar 2024 22:02 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
CCF
 1/9 9,375 52.33% +4,007 Loser:
PC
 5,368 29.96% Rupert D. Ramsay

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,240 Votes: 56,151 Participation: 96.02% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
11		 Saskatchewan
24 June 1948
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31714(F) — 12 Oct 2021 22:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
CCF
 1/5 14,970 53.32% +1,594 Loser:
PC
 13,376 47.64% Rupert D. Ramsay

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 36,285 Votes: 55,841 Participation: 76.95% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
12		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31770(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
CCF
 1/8 16,546 59.26% +8,231 Loser:
LIB
 8,315 29.78% Jessie Caldwell

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 41,721 Votes: 56,677 Participation: 67.92% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
13		 Saskatchewan
20 June 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31821(F) — 26 Mar 2024 00:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
CCF
 1/9 15,368 54.23% +8,975 Loser:
LIB
 6,393 22.56% Robert A. Heggie

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,300 Votes: 110,428 Participation: 73.18% Candidacies: 12
Provincial
14		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31871(F) — 26 Mar 2024 21:30 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
CCF
 15,782 42.88% Gladys G.M. Strum

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Sturdy, John Henry (1893-1966)		 27 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Sturdy, John Henry 1893 – 1966 (p. 36)		 27 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Henry Sturdy		 27 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Henry Sturdy		 27 Mar 2024

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