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♂ James Alexander Barry
aliasJames Barry
Record
2891 · 14710

Roman Catholic     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 2 3
Birth 13 January 1886 → 138 years + 4 months ago
Lived 64 years + 4 months
First mandate 27 July 1936 → 87 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 6 months
Death 21 May 1950 → 73 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 1 month after 21 April 1941
Special notes
None
 
James Alexander Barry (1886–1950)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Winnipeg, Manitoba (1921–1925)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 4 8 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
46 documented challengers
⊖ Victor Anderson  m 
⊖ George Armstrong  m 
⊖ Beatrice A. Brigden  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Cowan  m 
⊖ John Downes  m 
⊖ William S. Evans  m 
⊖ Walter Fulton  m 
⊖ John Haig  m 
⊖ Madeline E. Hryniewiecki  f 
⊖ William Ivens  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Clarence Keith  m 
⊖ Stanley Knowles  m 
⊖ James Litterick  m 
⊖ William Major  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John S. McDiarmid  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Leslie Morris  m 
⊖ Jacob Penner  m 
⊖ Laurier Régnier  m 
⊖ Cecil Rice-Jones  m 
⊖ James Simpkin  m 
⊖ Lewis Stubbs  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Solly Thorvaldson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick Warriner  m 
 		 ⊖ Constantine Andrusyshen  m 
⊖ Paul Bardal  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Duncan Cameron  m 
⊖ Harriet S. Dick  f 
⊖ Harrison Dysart  m 
⊖ Seymour Farmer  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Morris A. Gray  m 
⊖ Albert Hermanson  m 
⊖ Marcus Hyman  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Bill Kardash  m 
⊖ Huntly Ketchen  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Stephen Krawchyk  m 
⊖ Jessie M.M. Maclennan  f 
⊖ Ralph Maybank  m 
⊖ Edward W. Montgomery  m 
⊖ Asta A. Oddson  f 
⊖ John Queen  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John Reid  m 
⊖ Frank Russell  m 
⊖ Charles R. Smith  m 
⊖ Wesley Swail  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Tobias  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ralph Webb  m 
 
Eligible: 119,754 Votes: 76,991 Participation: 64.29% Candidacies: 29
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37381(F) — 15 May 2024 14:16 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
46
CONS
 17/29 1,549 2.01% -1,396 Winner:
LIBP
 2,945 3.83% H. Ralph Maybank
Eligible: 133,666 Votes: 80,830 Participation: 60.47% Candidacies: 21
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
27 July 1936
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37431(F) — 15 May 2024 14:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
CONS
 7/21 4,055 5.11% +206 Loser:
LIBP
 3,849 4.85% Mary Dyma
After his election:
17 Nov 1940 54
CONS
 →
CONS
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 8 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 137,437 Votes: 59,715 Participation: 43.45% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37477(F) — 24 Sep 2023 10:44 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
CONS
 12/27 2,492 4.25% -594 Winner:
CCF
 3,086 5.26% Morris A. Gray

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Barry, James Alexander		 15 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Barry, James Alexander		 15 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Alexander Barry (1886-1950)		 15 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Alexander Barry		 15 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 May 2024 21:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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