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♂ James Burgess
aliasJames Burgess
Record
8259 · 10780

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 3 1 4
Birth 26 September 1857 → 166 years + 7 months ago
Lived 92 years + 3 months
First mandate 28 February 1903 → 121 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 5 months
Death 5 January 1950 → 74 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 9 months after 25 March 1917
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 9 4 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Titus J. Carter  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James E. Porter  m 
⊖ J. Leigh White  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Thomas Lawson  m 
⊖ John F. Tweeddale  m  (4 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,851 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
31		 New Brunswick
28 February 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32205(F) — 14 Jun 2023 23:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
IND
 2/6 593 41.58% +84 Loser:
IND
 509 35.69% Thomas Lawson

Service: 5 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,580 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 New Brunswick
3 March 1908
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32231(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
IND
 2/4 989 55.25% +145 Loser:
CONS
 844 47.15% Judson C. Manzer

Service: 4 years 3 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,433 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
20 June 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32260(F) — 17 Jun 2023 10:26 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
IND
 4/4 1,030 46.46% -119 Winner:
IND
 1,149 51.83% Titus J. Carter
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,540 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
24 February 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32286(F) — 17 Jun 2023 10:26 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
59
LIB
 1/4 1,371 60.40% +469 Loser:
CONS
 902 39.74% Abram E. Kupkey
After his election:
25 Mar 1917 59
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To vacate the seat for someone else
Service: 1 month 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
23 April 1917
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32291(F) — 14 Oct 2022 07:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Walter E. Foster

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
James Burgess Jr.		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 14:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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