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♂ James Williams Melenchuk
aliasJames Williams Melenchuk
Record
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Ukrainian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 3 4
Birth 24 June 1953
Age 70 years + 10 months
First mandate 16 September 1999 → 24 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 20 years + 6 months ago (4 November 2003)
Special notes
None
 
James Williams Melenchuk (1953– )
© Photo 1999 Don Healy / Regina Leader-Post — Fair trade
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
Saskatchewan 4 1 18 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 23–24
LIB
 1 Party leader 43–48 24 Nov 1996 — 26 Oct 2001 4 11 2

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Judy Junor  f 
⊕ Grant D.G. Whitmore  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Ted Merriman  m 
 
Eligible: 10,240 Votes: 6,082 Participation: 59.39% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Saskatchewan
21 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13452(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 2/3 2,492 41.13% -284 Winner:
NDP
 2,776 45.82% Grant D.G. Whitmore
Eligible: 12,372 Votes: 6,432 Participation: 51.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Saskatchewan
24 June 1998
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13802(F) — 13 Oct 2021 14:31 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
45
LIB
 2/3 2,287 35.56% -617 Winner:
NDP
 2,904 45.15% Judy Junor
Eligible: 10,005 Votes: 6,528 Participation: 65.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Saskatchewan
16 September 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13546(F) — 28 Oct 2023 10:52 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
46
LIB
 1/3 2,363 36.29% +127 Loser:
NDP
 2,236 34.34% Grant D.G. Whitmore
After his election:
30 Sep 1999 46
LIB
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
7 Nov 2001 48
LIB
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in government)
Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 10,645 Votes: 7,888 Participation: 74.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Saskatchewan
5 November 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13604(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
NDP
 2/3 2,943 37.35% -266 Winner:
SKP
 3,209 40.72% Ted Merriman

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Melenchuk, James Williams (1953- )		 24 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Melenchuk, James William 1953 –  (p. 27)		 24 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jim Melenchuk		 24 Mar 2024

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