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♂ James Cowan
aliasJames Cowan
Record
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Irish-Canadian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 0 3
Birth 20 August 1831 → 192 years + 8 months ago
Lived 79 years
First mandate 30 December 1874 → 149 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 4 months
Death 2 September 1910 → 113 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 7 months after 22 January 1883
Special notes
None
 
James Cowan (1831–1910)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ James Cowan (1914–1997) Grandson  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 8 0 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 187 Votes: 106 Participation: 56.68% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Manitoba
30 December 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28276(F) — 6 Feb 2023 09:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
IND
 1/2 76 71.70% +46 Loser:
IND
 30 28.30% James Cadman
After his election:
31 Dec 1874 43
IND
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 218 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Manitoba
18 December 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28309(F) — 5 Feb 2023 23:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 11 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 Manitoba
16 December 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28337(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
ILIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 1 month 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 621 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
5		 Manitoba
23 January 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28382(F) — 16 Mar 2022 19:33 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
LIB
 315 50.72% Joseph Martin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Cowan, James M.D.		  2 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Cowan, James (Dr)		  2 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Cowan (1831-1910)		  2 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Cowan (Manitoba physician)		  2 Feb 2024

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