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♂ James Atchison Skinner
aliasJames Atchison Skinner
Record
57191 · 5216

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 26 October 1826 → 197 years + 6 months ago
Lived 68 years + 1 month
First mandate 23 May 1874 → 149 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 6 months
Death 24 December 1894 → 129 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 6 months after 19 June 1882
Special notes
None
 
James Atchison Skinner (1826–1894)
© Photo 1875 William James Topley — 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 8 0 26

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James David Edgar  m 
 		 ⊖ Archibald Harley  m 
 
Eligible: 4,225 Votes: 2,009 Participation: 47.55% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
23 May 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18900(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 1,186 59.03% +363 Loser:
LIB
 823 40.97% James D. Edgar

Service: 4 years 3 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,317 Votes: 3,501 Participation: 65.85% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19086(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 1,915 55.20% +361 Loser:
IND
 1,554 44.80% Joseph Gibson

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,885 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19282(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 2/2 1,054 36.53% -777 Winner:
LIB
 1,831 63.47% Archibald Harley

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
James Atchison Skinner, M.P.		 29 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
James Atchison Skinner, député		 29 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Atchison Skinner		 29 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Mar 2024 13:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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