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♂ James Bethune
aliasJames Bethune
Record
4640 · 11680

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 2 1 3
Total 2 2 4
Birth 7 July 1840 → 183 years + 9 months ago
Lived 44 years + 5 months
First mandate 3 January 1872 → 152 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 5 months
Death 18 December 1884 → 139 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 6 months after 4 June 1879
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 7 4 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Darby Bergin  m 
 		 ⊖ William Colquhoun  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 1,890 Votes: 1,405 Participation: 74.34% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32750(F) — 21 Feb 2022 15:45 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 2/2 700 49.82% -5 Winner:
LC
 705 50.18% William Colquhoun
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
3 January 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33059(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
LIB
 1/2 2 66.67% +1 Loser:
LC
 1 33.33% William Colquhoun

Service: 3 years 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,284 Votes: 1,763 Participation: 77.19% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32832(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/2 948 53.77% +133 Loser:
LC
 815 46.23% William Colquhoun

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,643 Votes: 1,889 Participation: 71.47% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32927(F) — 19 Aug 2023 09:44 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
LC
 950 50.29% Joseph Kerr
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,189 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19236(F) — 28 Nov 2021 15:22 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
41
IND
 2/2 1,370 42.96% -449 Winner:
LC
 1,819 57.04% Darby Bergin

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
James Bethune		 27 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
James Bethune		 27 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Bethune		 27 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Jul 2023 21:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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