Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → James B. Holden

♂ James B. Holden
aliasJames B. Holden
Record
27913 · 7943

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 3 3
Alberta 2 0 2
Total 2 3 5
Birth 4 October 1876 → 147 years + 7 months ago
Lived 79 years + 6 months
First mandate 16 July 1906 → 117 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 9 months
Death 10 April 1956 → 68 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 42 years + 11 months after 16 April 1913
Special notes
None
 
James B. Holden (1876–1956) 200x226
© Photo FindAGrave.com — 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
Alberta 6 8 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
7 documented challengers
⊖ William Hayhurst  m 
⊖ William Lucas  m 
⊖ Joseph S. McCallum  m 
⊖ William H. White  m 
 		 ⊖ John W. Leedy  m 
⊖ Michael Luchkovich  m 
⊖ Matthew Popovitch  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Alberta
16 July 1906
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27413(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 8 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,353 Votes: 1,725 Participation: 73.31% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27456(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
LIB
 1/2 1,249 72.66% +779 Loser:
CONS
 470 27.34% F.W. Fane

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,179 Votes: 1,777 Participation: 81.55% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27507(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
36		 Successor:
LIB
 812 45.72% Joseph S. McCallum
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,600 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
13		 Alberta
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21279(F) — 5 Jul 2023 11:01 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
41
UNIO
 2/3 3,372 44.37% -254 Winner:
LL
 3,626 47.71% William H. White
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,089 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Alberta
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21535(F) — 10 Sep 2022 20:11 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
45
NLCP
 3/3 907 6.44% -10,495 Winner:
UFA
 11,402 80.93% William T. Lucas
Eligible: 20,678 Votes: 13,442 Participation: 65.01% Candidacies: 5
Federal
18		 Alberta
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22601(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
59
LC
 5/5 871 6.48% -3,253 Winner:
SC
 4,124 30.68% William Hayhurst

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
James Bismark Holden		  8 Jan 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
James B. Holden		  8 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Bismark Holden		  8 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
James Bismark Holden		  8 Jan 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Jan 2024 19:59 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.