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♂ James E. Rutledge
aliasJames E. Rutledge
Record
54487 · 10506

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 0 5
Birth 14 August 1889 → 134 years + 8 months ago
Lived 77 years
First mandate 5 December 1939 → 84 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 3 months
Death 15 August 1966 → 57 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 9 months after 29 October 1956
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 16 10 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 12,948 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
5 December 1939
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18175(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,938 Votes: 7,261 Participation: 52.09% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Nova Scotia
28 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18192(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 4,226 59.49% +1,348 Loser:
LC
 2,878 40.51% Arthur W. Morton

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,823 Votes: 8,704 Participation: 55.01% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
43		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18220(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/3 4,737 55.22% +2,458 Loser:
PC
 2,279 26.57% Carl P. Bethune

Service: 3 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,313 Votes: 10,511 Participation: 68.64% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18246(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/3 5,725 54.71% +2,152 Loser:
PC
 3,573 34.14% Jack L. Dowell

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,812 Votes: 9,945 Participation: 67.14% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18284(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/2 5,603 57.69% +1,494 Loser:
PC
 4,109 42.31% R. Leo Simmonds

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,624 Votes: 10,763 Participation: 73.60% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18319(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
LIB
 5,642 52.91% Gordon S. Cowan

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Rutledge, James Edward (p. 193)		 21 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Edward Rutledge		 21 Oct 2023

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