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♂ James Allan Reid
aliasJames Reid
Record
51998 · 13627

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 43%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 3 3
British Columbia 3 1 4
Total 3 4 7
Birth 8 May 1897 → 127 years ago
Lived 80 years + 9 months
First mandate 12 June 1952 → 71 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 1 month
Death 2 March 1978 → 46 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 5 months after 11 September 1960
Special notes
None
 
James Allan Reid (1897–1978)
© Photo FindAGrave.com — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 8 2 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Owen L. Jones  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles W. Morrow  m 
⊖ Grote Stirling  m 
 		 ⊖ James MacKinnon  m 
⊖ Arthur B. Ritchie  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Bernard G. Webber  m 
 
Eligible: 25,919 Votes: 17,936 Participation: 69.20% Candidacies: 5
Federal
18		 Alberta
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22595(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
38
SC
 3/5 3,768 21.01% -2,703 Winner:
LIB
 6,471 36.08% James A. MacKinnon
Eligible: 29,287 Votes: 24,548 Participation: 83.82% Candidacies: 5
Federal
20		 British Columbia
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23153(F) — 27 Jan 2022 08:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
48
SC
 4/5 1,685 6.86% -7,940 Winner:
PC
 9,625 39.21% Grote Stirling
Eligible: 7,600 Votes: 4,635 Participation: 60.99% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
21		 British Columbia
19 December 1945
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 30217(F) — 23 Sep 2022 11:40 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
48
SCA
 4/5 194 4.19% -2,659 Winner:
LIB
 2,853 61.55% Charles W. Morrow
Eligible: 41,835 Votes: 31,522 Participation: 75.35% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 British Columbia
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23414(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
52
SC
 4/4 902 2.88% -12,396 Winner:
CCF
 13,298 42.43% Owen L. Jones
Eligible: 5,851 Votes: 4,427 Participation: 75.66% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29757(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
SC
 1/4 1,462 34.30% +226 Loser:
CFF
 1,236 28.99% William J. Thompson

Service: 11 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,229 Votes: 4,459 Participation: 85.27% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29808(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
SC
 1/5 1,627 37.91% +286 Loser:
CFF
 1,341 31.24% William J. Thompson

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,660 Votes: 4,238 Participation: 74.88% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29859(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
SC
 1/4 2,131 51.24% +677 Loser:
CFF
 1,454 34.96% William J. Thompson

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,938 Votes: 4,799 Participation: 80.82% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29906(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
SC
 1,979 41.75% Willis F. Jefcoat

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
James Allan Reid		  2 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Allan Reid		  2 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
James Allan Reid		  2 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 May 2024 20:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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