John Turmel

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  1. Birthdate and birthplace Archived November 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine : CBC News website.
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  7. "Great Canadian Gambler TajProfessor's Project Robin Hood Raid on Casino Turmel "Play Holdem Poker like a Bookie Call Odds System"". Johnturmel.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  8. 1 2 Jonathon Gatehouse (September 9, 2019). "The biggest loser: John Turmel is making his 99th try for office this fall". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
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  28. Baker, Jennifer (November 30, 2023). "Greens win second seat at Queen's Park in Kitchener Centre byelection". CTV News . Kitchener, Ontario. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
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  31. "Federal Court Decisions: Canada (Attorney General) v. Turmel". Federal Court of Canada. November 9, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  32. Hamilton, Jonnette Watson (May 2, 2017). "Vexatious Litigants: An Interpretation of Section 40 of the Federal Courts Act" . Retrieved May 11, 2022. "Section 40 reflects the fact that the Federal Courts are community property...not a private resource...[As such]...courts allow unrestricted access by default...[b]ut those who misuse unrestricted access...must be restrained..The Federal Courts have finite resources...Every moment devoted to a vexatious litigant is a moment unavailable to a deserving litigant".
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  35. Among the candidates for that election was perennial candidate Patricia Métivier. Turmel finished a distant 6th, just ahead of Métivier who finished 7th.
  36. Turmel received 30 votes (0.13%) and finished 12th out of 12 candidates.
  37. With results from 291 precincts out of 291, Turmel received 272 votes (0.57%) and finished 6th out of 6 candidates.
  38. The scheduled by-election for Guelph was cancelled due to the dissolution of the 39th Canadian parliament and the issuing of writs for the 40th Canadian federal election.
  39. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  40. "Votes Totals From Official Tabulation 2022 Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections Canada . Retrieved September 24, 2022.
John Turmel
John Turmel at Toronto-Danforth 2012 By-Election Meeting.jpg
Turmel in 2012
Leader of the Pauper Party
Assumed office
September 14, 2011

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