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♂ James B. Kennedy
aliasJames B. Kennedy
Record
31383 · 6844

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
British Columbia 1 2 3
Total 2 2 4
Birth 23 February 1844 → 180 years + 2 months ago
Lived 86 years + 7 months
First mandate 7 July 1894 → 129 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 4 months
Death 25 September 1930 → 93 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 11 months after 25 October 1908
Special notes
None
 
James B. Kennedy (1844–1930) 200x236
© Photo 1906 — 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
Canada 3 11 21
British Columbia 4 0 1 Z
TOTAL 7 11 22

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Wellington J. Harris  m 
⊖ Donald McGillivray  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Robson  m 
 		 ⊖ William H. Ladner  m 
⊖ James Orr  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James D. Taylor  m 
 
Eligible: 679 Votes: 700 Participation: 51.55% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
3		 British Columbia
22 May 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28647(F) — 23 Jul 2023 18:31 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
IND
 5/5 44 12.57% -127 Winner:
GOV
 171 48.86% Wellington J. Harris
Eligible: 1,377 Votes: 2,249 Participation: 54.44% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28686(F) — 2 Mar 2022 12:53 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
42
IND
 10/10 7 0.93% -351 Winner:
OPPO
 358 47.73% James Orr
Eligible: 1,409 Votes: 1,168 Participation: 82.90% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28743(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
OPPO
 1/2 594 50.86% +20 Loser:
GOV
 574 49.14% David S. Curtis

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,799 Votes: 1,089 Participation: 60.53% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28768(F) — 28 Jul 2023 22:01 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
GOV
 555 50.96% Alexander Henderson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,628 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 British Columbia
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20528(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 1,866 51.43% +104 Loser:
CONS
 1,762 48.57% James D. Taylor

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,518 Votes: 4,937 Participation: 65.67% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 British Columbia
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20787(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
CONS
 2,846 58.49% James D. Taylor

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
James Buckham Kennedy, M.P.		  9 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
James Buckham Kennedy, député		  9 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Buckham Kennedy		  9 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jan 2024 22:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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