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♂ John Bracken
aliasJohn Bracken
Record
6780 · 9499

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Manitoba 5 0 5
Total 6 1 7
Birth 22 June 1883 → 140 years + 10 months ago
Lived 85 years + 8 months
First mandate 5 October 1922 → 101 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 3 months
Death 18 March 1969 → 55 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 8 months after 26 June 1949
Special notes
None
 
John Bracken (1883–1969)
© Photo 1947 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ John W. Bracken (1915–2003) Nephew  
 
Well that's interesting!
When the struggling federal Conservative Party approached Manitoba Premier Bracken to become its leader in 1942, he accepted on the condition that the party be renamed Progressive Conservative. Bracken's political career had begun in 1922 as a Progressive, a movement that then splintered to the left and the right. Most on the left went on to form the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), while most on the right aligned with the Liberals. In fact, in Manitoba, the Progressives absorbed the Liberal Party of the time, although they agreed to be rebranded "Liberal Progressive" despite the fact they had become more dominant than the Liberals.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 0 15
Manitoba 20 2 12 Z
TOTAL 24 2 27

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 15
PROG
 1 Party leader 36–48 01 Feb 1920 — 14 Feb 1932 12 0 13
2. MB 17–18
PROG
 1 Premier 39–48 18 Jul 1922 — 15 Jun 1932 9 10 28
3. MB 18–21
LIBP
 2 Party leader 48–59 15 Feb 1932 — 21 Dec 1942 10 10 6
4. MB 19–21
LIBP
 2 Premier 48–59 16 Jun 1932 — 13 Jan 1943 10 6 28
5. MB 20–21
COAL
 1 Party leader 57–59 17 Nov 1940 — 21 Dec 1942 2 1 4
6. CA 19–20
PC
 1 Party leader 59–65 10 Dec 1942 — 20 Jul 1948 5 7 10
7. CA 20
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 61–65 11 Jun 1945 — 20 Jul 1948 3 1 9

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Herman Finger  m 
⊖ Frederick D. MacKenzie  m 
⊖ James E. Matthews  m 
⊖ Peter C. Robertson  m 
 		 ⊖ Dwight L. Johnson  m 
⊖ George B. Mainwaring  m 
⊖ Harold F. Maulson  m 
⊖ Stephan Stephansson  m 
 
Eligible: 1,355 Votes: 699 Participation: 51.59% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
5 October 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37230(F) — 7 Oct 2021 13:59 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
39
PROG
 1/4 472 67.53% +354 Loser:
IND
 118 16.88% Herman Finger

Service: 4 years 8 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,375 Votes: 1,036 Participation: 75.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37328(F) — 18 Sep 2023 17:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
44
PROG
 1/2 582 56.18% +128 Loser:
LIB
 454 43.82% Stephan Stephansson

Service: 4 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,825 Votes: 3,160 Participation: 65.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37378(F) — 20 Mar 2022 18:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
48
LIBP
 1/3 1,915 60.60% +843 Loser:
LAB
 1,072 33.92% N.S. McDonald

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,910 Votes: 5,043 Participation: 72.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
21 August 1936
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37428(F) — 15 Sep 2022 07:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
53
LIBP
 1/2 2,968 60.30% +1,014 Loser:
CONS
 1,954 39.70% George B. Mainwaring
After his election:
17 Nov 1940 57
LIBP
 →
LIBP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 8 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,819 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37474(F) — 14 Sep 2022 19:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
57
LIBP
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
15 Jan 1943 59
LIBP
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 8 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,819 Votes: 5,730 Participation: 64.97% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
17 August 1943
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37480(F) — 15 Sep 2022 22:50 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
CCF
 3,504 61.15% Beresford R. (Berry) Richards
Eligible: 17,015 Votes: 13,969 Participation: 82.10% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Manitoba
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23160(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament (Party leader)
Age
61
PC
 1/3 6,497 46.51% +1,873 Loser:
LIB
 4,624 33.10% Frederick D. MacKenzie

Service: 4 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,489 Votes: 20,519 Participation: 74.64% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Manitoba
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23415(F) — 27 Jan 2022 14:37 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
PC
 2/3 7,150 35.09% -4,113 Winner:
LIB
 11,263 55.27% James E. Matthews

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Bracken, John		 10 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Bracken, John		 10 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Bracken (1883-1969)		 10 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Bracken, P.C., M.P.		 10 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Bracken, C.P., député		 10 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Bracken		 10 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Bracken		 10 Feb 2024

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