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♂ James Sharpe
aliasJames Sharpe
Record
56231 · 11902

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth c. 1846 → 178 years ago
Lived ± 89 years
First mandate 5 June 1890 → 133 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 44 years
Death 30 October 1935 → 88 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 41 years + 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 4 0 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William R. Beatty  m 
 		 ⊖ George M. McCormick  m 
 
Eligible: 6,000 Votes: 2,700 Participation: 45.00% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33283(F) — 31 Dec 2022 13:00 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±44
LIB
 1/2 1,387 52.06% +110 Loser:
LC
 1,277 47.94% George M. McCormick

Service: 4 years 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,183 Votes: 3,510 Participation: 42.89% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33373(F) — 31 Dec 2022 10:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±48
LIB
 2/2 1,488 43.06% -480 Winner:
LIPA
 1,968 56.94% William R. Beatty

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
James Sharpe		 22 Oct 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
James Sharpe		 22 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
James Sharpe		 22 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Sharpe (Canadian politician)		 22 Oct 2023

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