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♂ James Rayside
aliasJames Rayside
Record
51749 · 11315

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 1 5
Birth c. April 1836 → 188 years + 1 month ago
Lived ± 59 years
First mandate 18 October 1882 → 141 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 46 years
Death 1 November 1895 → 128 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 4 months after 25 June 1894
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
Ontario 11 8 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Donald Macmaster  m 
 		 ⊖ Roderick R. McLennan  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 3,527 Votes: 2,621 Participation: 74.31% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32874(F) — 21 Feb 2022 20:06 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±43
LIB
 2/2 1,290 49.22% -41 Winner:
LC
 1,331 50.78% Donald Macmaster
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 Ontario
18 October 1882
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33048(F) — 21 Feb 2022 19:50 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±46
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 4 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,745 Votes: 2,778 Participation: 74.18% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32962(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±46
LIB
 1/2 1,436 52.07% +114 Loser:
LC
 1,322 47.93% Roderick R. McLennan

Service: 3 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,473 Votes: 3,440 Participation: 76.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33151(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±50
LIB
 1/2 1,723 50.47% +32 Loser:
LC
 1,691 49.53% Roderick R. McLennan

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,926 Votes: 3,270 Participation: 66.38% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33244(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±54
LIB
 1/2 1,756 53.96% +258 Loser:
LC
 1,498 46.04% A.D. McPhee

Service: 4 years 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,199 Votes: 3,689 Participation: 70.96% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33333(F) — 31 Dec 2022 09:43 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±58		 Successor:
LIPA
 2,030 55.22% David M. McPherson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
James Rayside		 01 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
James Rayside		 01 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Rayside		 01 Sep 2023

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