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♂ John Sylvester Aloysius Sinnott
aliasJohn Sinnott
Record
57095 · 9537

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 9 May 1905 → 118 years + 11 months ago
Lived 55 years + 3 months
First mandate 11 June 1945 → 78 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 1 month
Death 10 August 1960 → 63 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 1 day after 9 August 1953
Special notes
None
 
John Sylvester Aloysius Sinnott (1905–1960)
© Photo 1949 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve RM Brokenhead, Manitoba (1936–1944; 1950–1951)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 1 27

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Andrew Bileski  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Wilbert G. Doneleyko  m 
⊖ Anton B. Weselak  m 
 		 ⊖ J. Leslie Bodie  m 
⊕ Joseph Slogan  m 
 
Eligible: 22,680 Votes: 16,895 Participation: 74.49% Candidacies: 6
Federal
20		 Manitoba
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23165(F) — 18 Sep 2021 15:45 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
LIB
 1/6 5,376 31.82% +579 Loser:
CCF
 4,797 28.39% Wilbert G. Doneleyko

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,514 Votes: 17,442 Participation: 68.36% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Manitoba
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23426(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/4 8,253 47.75% +3,835 Loser:
CCF
 4,418 25.56% Harry Wasylyk

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,814 Votes: 12,521 Participation: 57.40% Candidacies: 7
Federal
22		 Manitoba
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23718(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
ILIB
 5/7 1,068 8.63% -5,172 Winner:
LIB
 6,240 50.44% Anton B. Weselak

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John-Sylvestre Alloysius Sinnott (1905-1960)		 14 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Sylvester Aloysius Sinnott, M.P.		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Sylvester Aloysius Sinnott, député		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Sinnott (politician)		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 12:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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