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♂ James Stanley Speakman
aliasJames Speakman
Record
58151 · 7904

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 20 October 1906 → 117 years + 6 months ago
Lived 55 years + 6 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 51 years + 5 months
Death 30 April 1962 → 62 years ago
Exit → Death 11 days after 19 April 1962
Special notes
None
 
James Stanley Speakman (1906–1962)
© Photo via Parlinfo — 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 4 0 19

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William Irvine  m 
 		 ⊖ Ray Thomas  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 25,273 Votes: 17,546 Participation: 69.43% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Alberta
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23970(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
50
PC
 3/4 3,447 19.76% -4,521 Winner:
SC
 7,968 45.68% Ray Thomas
Eligible: 25,273 Votes: 18,166 Participation: 71.88% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Alberta
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24236(F) — 27 Jan 2022 18:54 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
51
PC
 1/4 10,557 58.11% +6,243 Loser:
SC
 4,314 23.75% Ray Thomas
After his election:
19 Apr 1962 55
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 4 years 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,268 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Alberta
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24513(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
55		 Successor:
PC
 9,204 45.41% Harry A. Moore

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
James Stanley Speakman, M.P.		  2 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
James Stanley Speakman, député		  2 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Stanley Speakman		  2 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 May 2024 20:25 (but data presented dynamically)

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