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♂ James William Douglas
aliasJames Douglas
Record
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☆   Black Canadian    Metis   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 0 1
Birth 1 June 1851 → 172 years + 11 months ago
Lived 32 years + 5 months
First mandate 11 September 1875 → 148 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 24 years + 3 months
Death 7 November 1883 → 140 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 5 months after 21 May 1878
Special notes
None
 
James William Douglas (1851–1883)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Andrew C. Elliott (1829–1889) Father-in-law
 
Well that's interesting!
Douglas's grandmother was a "free woman of colour" of British Guiyana while his mother Amelia was Anglo-Métis. No big deal today, but at the end of the 19th century?
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 2 8 9 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Robert Beaven  m 
⊖ Andrew C. Elliott  m 
 		 ⊖ Simeon Duck  m 
⊖ James Trimble  m 
 
Eligible: 844 Votes: 2,241 Participation: 66.38% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
11 September 1875
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28630(F) — 23 Dec 2023 14:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
24
IND
 4/8 382 68.21% +63 Loser:
GOV
 319 56.96% Simeon Duck

Service: 2 years 8 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,023 Votes: 2,523 Participation: 61.66% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
3		 British Columbia
22 May 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28650(F) — 23 Jul 2023 18:08 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
26		 Successor:
OPPO
 351 55.63% John W. Williams

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
James William Douglas		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
James W. Douglas		 18 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
James W. Douglas		 18 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Apr 2024 22:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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