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♂ James Fisher
aliasJames Fisher
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 1 4
Birth 6 November 1840 → 183 years + 6 months ago
Lived 86 years + 4 months
First mandate 11 July 1888 → 135 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 8 months
Death 8 March 1927 → 97 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 3 months after 6 December 1899
Special notes
None
 
James Fisher (1840–1927)
© Photo 1902 Representative Men of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — 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
Manitoba 11 4 23 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 8
IND
 1 Opposition Leader 54–55 14 Feb 1895 — 11 Dec 1895 0 9 27

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Edward P. Leacock  m 
 
 
Eligible: 697 Votes: 448 Participation: 64.28% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36503(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
 2/2 220 49.11% -8 Winner:
CONS
 228 50.89% Edward P. Leacock
Eligible: inc. Votes: 437 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
11 July 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36535(F) — 17 Mar 2022 07:29 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 346 79.18% +255 Loser:
CONS
 91 20.82% John B. Fraser
After his election:
1 Jul 1889 48
LIB
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 730 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
8		 Manitoba
23 July 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36584(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 806 Votes: 652 Participation: 80.89% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36631(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
IND
 1/2 337 51.69% +22 Loser:
LIB
 315 48.31% Thomas Almack

Service: 3 years 10 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,211 Votes: 897 Participation: 74.07% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36718(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
CONS
 466 51.95% Henry A. Mullins

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Fisher, James		 28 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Fisher, James		 28 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Fisher (1840-1927)		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Fisher (Manitoba politician)		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 21:08 (but data presented dynamically)

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