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♂ James Emile Pierre Prendergast
aliasJames Prendergast
Record
50648 · 8419

Roman Catholic     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 6 0 6
Birth 22 March 1858 → 166 years + 1 month ago
Lived 87 years
First mandate 24 August 1885 → 138 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 5 months
Death 18 April 1945 → 79 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 48 years + 2 months after 1 February 1897
Special notes
None
 
James Emile Pierre Prendergast (1858–1945)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve St. Boniface, Manitoba (1893; 1896)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✓
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 11 4 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Jean-Baptiste Lauzon  m 
⊖ John M. Robinson  m 
 		 ⊖ Roger Marion  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Manitoba
24 August 1885
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28408(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 3 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 715 Votes: 399 Participation: 55.80% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36481(F) — 16 Mar 2022 20:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
28
CONS
 1/2 208 52.13% +17 Loser:
LIB
 191 47.87% L.G. Gagnon
After his election:
31 Jan 1888 29
CONS
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance ()
1 Feb 1888 29
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 1 month 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 715 Votes: 280 Participation: 39.16% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
16 February 1888
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36509(F) — 14 Oct 2022 20:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
29
LIB
 1/2 207 73.93% +134 Loser:
CONS
 73 26.07% J.A. Nolin

Service: 4 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 594 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
11 July 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36547(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 331 55.72% +68 Loser:
CONS
 263 44.28% John M. Robinson

Service: 4 years 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 847 Votes: 625 Participation: 73.79% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Manitoba
23 July 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36590(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/2 313 50.08% +1 Loser:
CONS
 312 49.92% Roger Marion

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 860 Votes: 635 Participation: 73.84% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36637(F) — 17 Mar 2022 19:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
IND
 1/2 357 56.22% +79 Loser:
CONS
 278 43.78% Jean-Baptiste Lauzon
After his election:
1 Feb 1897 38
IND
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 860 Votes: 496 Participation: 57.67% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
20 February 1897
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36647(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
CONS
 288 58.06% Jean-Baptiste Lauzon

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Prendergast, James Emile Pierre		 28 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Prendergast, James Emile Pierre		 28 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Emile Pierre Prendergast (1858-1945)		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Prendergast (Canadian politician)		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 19:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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