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♂ James F. Ellis
aliasJames F. Ellis
Record
18522 · 10395

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Birth 11 June 1869 → 154 years + 10 months ago
Lived 67 years + 9 months
First mandate 8 December 1904 → 119 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 5 months
Death 3 April 1937 → 87 years ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 8 months after 26 July 1920
Special notes
None
 
James F. Ellis (1869–1937) 200x269
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — 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
Nova Scotia 15 7 4 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 35
LIB
 1 Speaker 42–47 22 Feb 1912 — 19 Jun 1916 4 3 28

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ George T. MacNutt  m 
⊖ William Whitman  m 
 		 ⊖ James C. Tory  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
33		 Nova Scotia
8 December 1904
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17969(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 6 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,819 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Nova Scotia
30 June 1906
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17983(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/4 1,705 58.59% +380 Loser:
LC
 1,325 45.53% Samuel R. Giffin

Service: 4 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,897 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Nova Scotia
14 June 1911
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18012(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 2/4 1,794 52.02% +169 Loser:
LC
 1,625 47.12% George T. MacNutt

Service: 5 years 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,908 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
36		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1916
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18036(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 2/4 1,752 59.31% +516 Loser:
LC
 1,236 41.84% Duncan S. Chisholm

Service: 4 years 1 month 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,770 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18055(F) — 6 Oct 2022 14:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
LIB
 2,359 60.72% Clarence W. Anderson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Ellis, James Fraser (p. 65)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
James F. Ellis		 23 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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