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♂ James Edgar Walker
aliasJames Walker
Record
63681 · 166

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Birth 21 July 1911 → 112 years + 10 months ago
Lived 77 years + 8 months
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 10 months
Death 19 April 1989 → 35 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 9 months after 7 July 1974
Special notes
None
 
James Edgar Walker (1911–1989)
© Photo 1973 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council North York, Ontario (1953–1958)
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
Canada 12 0 15

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Doug Fisher  m 
 		 ⊖ Frederick C. Stinson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 79,890 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24657(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 30,432 38.09% +3,063 Loser:
NDP
 27,369 34.26% Val Scott

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 82,797 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24921(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/3 41,485 50.10% +12,980 Loser:
NDP
 28,505 34.43% Val Scott

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 122,055 Votes: 90,578 Participation: 74.21% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25190(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/4 41,553 46.42% +9,201 Loser:
NDP
 32,352 36.14% Val Scott

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 47,276 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10038(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/3 26,758 56.60% +12,044 Loser:
NDP
 14,714 31.12% Douglas M. Fisher

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 85,099 Votes: 64,188 Participation: 75.43% Candidacies: 5
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10293(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/5 26,912 41.93% +7,815 Loser:
PC
 19,097 29.75% Barry Swadron

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 88,379 Votes: 64,350 Participation: 72.81% Candidacies: 7
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10557(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 32,402 50.72% Robert P. Kaplan

Online biographical references (2)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jun 2024 09:16 (but data presented dynamically)

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