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♂ James Bryson McLachlan
aliasJames McLachlan
Record
41913 · 10121

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 3 3
Nova Scotia 0 2 2
Total 0 5 5
Birth 9 February 1869 → 155 years + 3 months ago
Lived 68 years + 8 months
First run 6 December 1921 → 102 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 9 months
Death 3 November 1937 → 86 years + 6 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
James Bryson McLachlan (1869–1937)
© Photo 1935 via Dictionary of Canadian Biography — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
11 documented challengers
⊖ Robert H. Butts  m 
⊖ William F. Carroll  m 
⊖ John C. Douglas  m 
⊖ David J. Hartigan  m 
⊖ Finlay MacDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ W. Forman Waye  m 
 		 ⊖ Daniel R. Cameron  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Lauchlin D. Currie  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Edward C. Doyle  m 
⊖ George W. Kyte  m 
⊖ Daniel W. Morrison  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 51,478 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
14		 Nova Scotia
6 December 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21575(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
52
PROG
 3/6 8,914 34.63% -1,473 Winner:
LIB
 10,387 40.36% George W. Kyte
Eligible: 26,946 Votes: 17,678 Participation: 65.61% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Nova Scotia
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21846(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:38 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
56
LAB
 3/3 3,617 20.46% -5,934 Winner:
LC
 9,551 54.03% Finlay MacDonald
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,215 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18102(F) — 6 Oct 2022 14:20 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
59
ILP
 5/6 2,589 20.53% -2,952 Winner:
LC
 5,541 43.95% Daniel R. Cameron
Eligible: 10,762 Votes: 9,402 Participation: 87.36% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18122(F) — 6 Oct 2022 15:13 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
64
LAB
 3/4 1,737 18.64% -1,918 Winner:
LIB
 3,655 39.21% Lauchlin D. Currie
Eligible: 34,969 Votes: 28,137 Participation: 80.46% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Nova Scotia
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22646(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
66
COMM
 3/4 5,365 19.07% -5,044 Winner:
LIB
 10,409 36.99% David J. Hartigan

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
James Bryson McLachlan		  8 May 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
McLachlan, James Bryson		  8 May 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
McLachlan, James Bryson		  8 May 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
McLachlan, James Bryson		  8 May 2024

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