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♂ Edward James
aliasEdward James
Record
29542 · 10276

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 26 November 1825 → 198 years + 5 months ago
Lived 83 years + 10 months
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 9 months
Death 15 October 1909 → 114 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 3 months after 19 June 1882
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 3 9 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Mather B. DesBrisay  m 
⊖ Charles A. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ James D. Eisenhauer  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Fletcher B. Wade  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,205 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17791(F) — 6 Feb 2022 14:20 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
49
LC
 4/4 1,127 43.30% -296 Winner:
LIB
 1,423 54.67% Mather B. DesBrisay
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,747 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17815(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:46 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
LC
 2/4 1,479 51.46% +193 Loser:
LIB
 1,286 44.75% Fletcher B. Wade

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,245 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17836(F) — 6 Feb 2022 15:37 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 1,436 54.75% George A. Ross

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
James, Edward [2] (p. 102)		 17 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Edward James (Nova Scotia politician)		 17 Aug 2023

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