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♂ James Rourke
aliasJames Rourke
Record
53976 · 11092

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 1 4 5
Birth 27 June 1838 → 185 years + 10 months ago
Lived 75 years + 8 months
First mandate 20 January 1890 → 134 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 6 months
Death 3 March 1914 → 110 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 4 months after 21 October 1892
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 2 9 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
11 documented challengers
⊖ John A. Chesley  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Elder  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ David McLellan  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ William A. Quinton  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William Shaw  m 
⊖ Edward Willis  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Albert T. Dunn  m 
⊖ Harrison A. McKeown  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John McLeod  m 
⊖ Robert J. Ritchie  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Alfred A. Stockton  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,989 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
24		 New Brunswick
12 June 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32033(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
CONS
 7/8 1,290 39.73% -574 Winner:
LIB
 1,864 57.41% Robert J. Ritchie
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,319 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
22 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32054(F) — 10 Feb 2022 20:27 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
43
CONS
 5/8 1,716 44.80% -181 Winner:
LIB
 1,897 49.53% William A. Quinton
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,545 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
26		 New Brunswick
26 April 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32086(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
CONS
 5/9 2,088 42.73% -441 Winner:
CONS
 2,529 51.76% Alfred A. Stockton
Eligible: inc. Votes: 35,668 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
27		 New Brunswick
20 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32110(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
CONS
 3/8 4,905 55.01% +749 Loser:
LIB
 4,156 46.61% David McLellan

Service: 2 years 9 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,864 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
22 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32131(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
CONS
 4/4 941 48.71% -31 Winner:
LIB
 972 50.31% John McLeod

Online biographical reference

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James Rourke		 20 Sep 2023

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