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♂ James P. Byrne
aliasJames P. Byrne
Record
8630 · 10856

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 1 5
Birth 24 January 1869 → 155 years + 3 months ago
Lived 64 years + 11 months
First mandate 3 March 1908 → 116 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 39 years + 1 month
Death 22 January 1934 → 90 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 3 months after 1 October 1924
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Kennedy F. Burns (1842–1895) Father-in-law
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 11 10 4 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 34–35
LIB
 1 Minister 48–55 04 Apr 1917 — 03 Oct 1924 7 5 29
 1. Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
11 documented challengers
⊖ Theobald M. Burns  m 
⊖ Séraphin R. Léger  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Jean George Robichaud  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alphonse Sormany  m 
⊖ Peter J. Veniot  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick T.B. Young  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ J. Benoît Hachey  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph A. Poirier  m 
⊖ Martin J. Robichaud  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Albert J.H. Stewart  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alfred J. Witzell  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,612 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 10
Provincial
32		 New Brunswick
3 March 1908
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32221(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:43 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
ILIB
 2/10 2,171 47.85% +590 Loser:
CONS
 1,581 34.85% Theobald M. Burns

Service: 4 years 3 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,140 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
20 June 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32250(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
ILIB
 6/8 2,121 42.13% -775 Winner:
CONS
 2,896 57.52% Martin J. Robichaud
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,234 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
24 February 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32275(F) — 12 Feb 2022 00:47 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
48
LIB
 1/8 3,652 68.79% +1,935 Loser:
LIB
 1,717 32.34% Frederick T.B. Young
After his election:
5 Apr 1917 48
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 month 12 days (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: 32289(F) — 14 Oct 2022 07:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 5 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,135 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
35		 New Brunswick
9 October 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32297(F) — 12 Feb 2022 01:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 2/8 5,597 67.56% +2,771 Loser:
LIB
 2,826 34.11% Frederick T.B. Young
After his election:
1 Oct 1924 55
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,274 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 New Brunswick
5 February 1925
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32319(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 6,083 59.21% Ivan C. Rand

Online biographical reference

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Byrne, James Paul		 24 Oct 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Byrne, James Paul		 24 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Oct 2023 17:00 (but data presented dynamically)

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