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♂ James McKay
aliasJames McKay
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 1 2 3
Birth 11 February 1836 → 188 years + 2 months ago
Lived 80 years + 2 months
First mandate 13 June 1874 → 149 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 4 months
Death 20 April 1916 → 108 years ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 10 months after 31 May 1878
Special notes
None
 

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
New Brunswick 3 11 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas Cottrell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Francis Hibbard  m 
⊖ James E. Lynott  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Murchie  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph Donald  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ George F. Hill  m 
⊖ John McAdam  m 
⊖ Benjamin R. Stevenson  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,700 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
5 July 1870
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31971(F) — 5 Aug 2023 21:09 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 7/8 751 34.53% -316 Winner:
CONS
 1,067 49.06% John McAdam
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,721 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
23		 New Brunswick
13 June 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31986(F) — 5 Aug 2023 21:09 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 3/8 1,920 71.64% +862 Loser:
IND
 1,058 39.48% Melbourne McMonagle

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,338 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
24		 New Brunswick
13 June 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32024(F) — 5 Aug 2023 21:09 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
LIB
 9/12 338 16.21% -771 Winner:
LIB
 1,109 53.19% Thomas Cottrell

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
James McKay (New Brunswick politician)		 31 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 Aug 2023 18:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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