Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

James M. Scott
aliasJames M. Scott
Record
55705 · 11067

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 67%
 
New Brunswick 2 1 3
Birth 2 October 1860 → 163 years + 6 months ago
Lived 82 years + 9 months
First mandate 10 August 1925 → 98 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 64 years + 10 months
Death 25 July 1943 → 80 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 29 days after 26 June 1935
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 10 14 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
8 documented challengers
William G. Clark  m 
Stewart E. Durling  m 
Percy A. Guthrie  m 
Charles D. Richards  m 
 
Benjamin H. Dougan  m  (2 runoffs)
Gordon C. Grant  m 
Marcus L. Jewett  m 
Ernest W. Stairs  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,580 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33
New Brunswick
19 February 1914
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32267(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
53
CONS
2/2 2,468 44.23% -644 Winner:
CONS
3,112 55.77% Percy A. Guthrie
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,049 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
36
New Brunswick
10 August 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32336(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
64
CONS
3/6 5,163 64.41% +2,296 Loser:
LIB
2,867 35.77% William Fawcett

Service:
4 years 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 54,280 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
37
New Brunswick
19 June 1930
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32366(F) — 12 Feb 2022 10:34 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
CONS
2/8 7,728 56.95% +1,858 Loser:
LIB
5,870 43.26% William G. Clark

Service:
5 years 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 65,098 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
38
New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32386(F) — 6 Aug 2023 20:20 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
74
Successor:
LIB
8,953 55.01% Stewart E. Durling

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
James M. Scott (Canadian politician)
29 Sep 2023


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Sep 2023 22:05 (but data presented dynamically)