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♂ James H. Bilton
aliasJames H. Bilton
Record
4872 · 3784

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 0 4
Birth 10 April 1908 → 116 years + 1 month ago
Lived 80 years + 2 months
First mandate 14 December 1962 → 61 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 8 months
Death 4 July 1988 → 35 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 8 months after 10 October 1977
Special notes
None
 
James H. Bilton (1908–1988)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — 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
Manitoba 14 9 23 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 28
PC
 1 Speaker 58–61 05 Dec 1966 — 24 Jun 1969 2 6 19

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 6,086 Votes: 4,116 Participation: 67.63% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37803(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
PC
 1/3 2,350 57.71% +1,346 Loser:
LIB
 1,004 24.66% Elmer C. Sims

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,191 Votes: 4,205 Participation: 67.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13870(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/4 1,591 38.14% +406 Loser:
SC
 1,185 28.41% Gerald E. Webb

Service: 3 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,026 Votes: 5,746 Participation: 71.59% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13927(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
PC
 1/4 1,920 33.71% +163 Loser:
NDP
 1,757 30.85% Alex Filuk

Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,082 Votes: 6,774 Participation: 74.59% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9229(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PC
 1/3 3,370 50.10% +701 Loser:
NDP
 2,669 39.68% Omar Lamb

Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,102 Votes: 7,101 Participation: 78.02% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9286(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
PC
 3,909 55.15% Douglas M. Gourlay

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Bilton, James H.		 10 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Bilton, James H.		 10 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James H. Bilton (1908-1988)		 10 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Bilton		 10 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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