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♂ James Cathcart Simpson
aliasJames Simpson
Record
56931 · 14311

Anglican   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 0 1
Birth 3 March 1852 → 172 years + 2 months ago
Lived 78 years + 2 months
First mandate 7 December 1899 → 124 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 9 months
Death 3 May 1930 → 94 years ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 9 months after 19 July 1903
Special notes
None
 
James Cathcart Simpson (1852–1930)
© Photo 1902 Representative Men of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Harvey C. Simpson (1862–1928) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 3 7 10 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William Kennedy  m 
 
 
Eligible: 1,556 Votes: 1,152 Participation: 74.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36699(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
CONS
 1/2 593 51.48% +34 Loser:
LIB
 559 48.52% William J. Kennedy

Service: 3 years 7 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,488 Votes: 1,323 Participation: 88.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36881(F) — 18 Mar 2022 12:54 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
CONS
 674 50.94% John H. Agnew

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Simpson, James		 11 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Simpson, James		 11 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Cathcart Simpson (1852-1930)		 11 May 2024

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