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♂ James Russell
aliasJames Russell
Record
54419 · 10739

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 5 2 7
Birth 15 November 1824 → 199 years + 5 months ago
Lived 91 years
First mandate 26 April 1886 → 138 years + 1 day ago
↳ at age 61 years + 5 months
Death 21 November 1915 → 108 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 8 months after 27 February 1903
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
New Brunswick 16 10 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
15 documented challengers
⊖ John D. Chipman  m 
⊖ Thomas Cottrell  m 
⊖ William Douglas  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas A. Hartt  m 
⊖ George F. Hill  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John McAdam  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James O'Brien  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William F. Todd  m 
 		 ⊖ George J. Clarke  m 
⊖ Joseph Donald  m 
⊖ Ward C.H. Grimmer  m 
⊖ George F. Hibbard  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James E. Lynott  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Mitchell  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Benjamin R. Stevenson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,082 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
16 March 1871
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32006(F) — 13 Oct 2022 22:52 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
46
IND
 2/2 690 33.14% -702 Winner:
LIB
 1,392 66.86% Benjamin R. Stevenson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,797 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 14
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
1 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32045(F) — 5 Aug 2023 22:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
57
IND
 7/14 708 32.20% -131 Winner:
IND
 839 38.15% George F. Hibbard
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,394 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
26		 New Brunswick
26 April 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32077(F) — 5 Aug 2023 22:29 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
61
IND
 3/7 1,279 60.93% +155 Loser:
IND
 1,124 53.55% James E. Lynott

Service: 3 years 8 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 New Brunswick
12 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32101(F) — 5 Aug 2023 22:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
IND
 3/4 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 9 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,498 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
22 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32122(F) — 5 Sep 2023 10:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 3/8 2,210 65.48% +813 Loser:
CONS
 1,397 41.39% George Grimmer

Service: 2 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 New Brunswick
9 October 1895
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32143(F) — 5 Sep 2023 10:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
70
LIB
 4/4 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 4 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,362 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32167(F) — 5 Sep 2023 10:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
74
LIB
 3/8 2,452 53.41% +295 Loser:
CONS
 2,157 46.98% Ward C.H. Grimmer

Service: 4 years 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,138 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
31		 New Brunswick
28 February 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32194(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
78		 Successor:
LIB
 1,834 48.45% George F. Hill

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
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James Russell (New Brunswick politician)		 05 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Sep 2023 10:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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