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♂ John S. McDiarmid
aliasJohn S. McDiarmid
Record
40920 · 9551

United Church   
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 25 December 1882 → 141 years + 4 months ago
Lived 82 years + 5 months
First mandate 14 September 1926 → 97 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 8 months
Death 5 June 1965 → 58 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 11 months after 7 June 1953
Special notes
None
 
John S. McDiarmid (1882–1965)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
Governor Manitoba (1953–1960)
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Winnipeg (1925)
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 3 10 12
Manitoba 20 11 17 Z
TOTAL 24 9 29

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
57 documented challengers
⊖ Victor B. Anderson  m 
⊖ George Armstrong  m 
⊖ James A. Barry  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Duncan Cameron  m 
⊖ Harriet S. Dick  f 
⊖ Harrison Dysart  m 
⊖ Seymour J. Farmer  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Morris A. Gray  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J. Gurzon Harvey  m 
⊖ Madeline E. Hryniewiecki  f 
⊖ William Ivens  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Clarence G. Keith  m 
⊖ Stanley H. Knowles  m 
⊖ James Litterick  m 
⊖ Jessie M.M. Maclennan  f 
⊖ H. Ralph Maybank  m 
⊖ Leslie T. Morris  m 
⊖ Jacob Penner  m 
⊖ Laurier A. Régnier  m 
⊖ Cecil Rice-Jones  m 
⊖ Robert Rogers  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Scraba  m 
⊖ Charles R. Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Lloyd C. Stinson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ R. Wesley B. Swail  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles A. Tanner  m 
⊖ William V. Tobias  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick E. Warriner  m 
⊖ Joseph Zuken  m 
 		 ⊖ Constantine H. Andrusyshen  m 
⊖ Paul Bardal  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Beatrice A. Brigden  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Cowan  m 
⊖ John K. Downes  m 
⊖ William S. Evans  m 
⊖ Walter J. Fulton  m 
⊖ John T. Haig  m 
⊖ H.P. Albert Hermanson  m 
⊖ Marcus Hyman  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William A. Kardash  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Huntly D.B. Ketchen  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Stephen N. Krawchyk  m 
⊖ Morley S. Lougheed  m 
⊖ William J. Major  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Edward W. Montgomery  m 
⊖ Asta A. Oddson  f 
⊖ John Queen  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John Y. Reid  m 
⊖ C. Dufferin Roblin  m 
⊖ Francis W. Russell  m 
⊖ James Simpkin  m 
⊖ Lewis St. George Stubbs  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Alex J. Stringer  m 
⊖ Donovan Swailes  m 
⊖ Gunnar S. Thorvaldson  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Ronald D. Turner  m 
⊖ Ralph H. Webb  m 
 
Eligible: 17,271 Votes: 16,447 Participation: 95.23% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Manitoba
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22086(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 8,809 53.56% +1,171 Loser:
LC
 7,638 46.44% Robert Rogers

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,959 Votes: 20,147 Participation: 72.06% Candidacies: 3
Federal
17		 Manitoba
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22360(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
LIB
 2/3 9,774 48.51% -343 Winner:
LC
 10,117 50.22% Robert Rogers
Eligible: 119,754 Votes: 76,991 Participation: 64.29% Candidacies: 29
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37381(F) — 3 Sep 2023 09:46 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LIBP
 8/29 3,540 4.60% +85 Loser:
COMM
 3,455 4.49% Leslie T. Morris

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 133,666 Votes: 80,830 Participation: 60.47% Candidacies: 21
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
27 July 1936
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37431(F) — 17 Aug 2023 08:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIBP
 8/21 4,652 5.86% +803 Loser:
LIBP
 3,849 4.85% Mary Dyma
After his election:
17 Nov 1940 57
LIBP
 →
LIBP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 8 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 137,437 Votes: 59,715 Participation: 43.45% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37477(F) — 24 Sep 2023 10:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIBP
 1/27 6,963 11.87% +4,793 Loser:
CCF
 2,170 3.70% John Queen

Service: 4 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 155,824 Votes: 79,433 Participation: 50.98% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37528(F) — 4 Feb 2023 13:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIBP
 3/20 10,771 13.56% +7,759 Loser:
PC
 3,012 3.79% Mark J. Long

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 53,742 Votes: 27,762 Participation: 51.66% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Single trans. vote (4)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37548(F) — 17 Sep 2022 19:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
LIBP
 1/7 6,466 23.42% +4,117 Loser:
IND
 2,349 8.51% L.F. Greene
After his election:
19 Aug 1950 67
LIBP
 →
LIBP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 3 years 6 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,065 Votes: 29,447 Participation: 52.52% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Single trans. vote (4)
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37628(F) — 20 Mar 2022 21:52 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
PC
 4,221 14.49% E. Gurney V. Evans

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
McDiarmid, John Stewart		 25 Dec 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
McDiarmid, John Stewart		 25 Dec 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965)		 25 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Stewart McDiarmid, M.P.		 25 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Stewart McDiarmid, député		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Stewart McDiarmid		 25 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
John Stewart McDiarmid		 25 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Mar 2024 17:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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