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♂ James Laidlaw
aliasJames Laidlaw
Record
33293 · 11952

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 0 2
Birth 7 July 1822 → 201 years + 9 months ago
Lived 82 years + 7 months
First mandate 5 June 1879 → 144 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 10 months
Death 3 March 1905 → 119 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 2 months after 27 December 1886
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 6 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 4,165 Votes: 2,742 Participation: 65.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32936(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 1,430 52.15% +118 Loser:
LC
 1,312 47.85% W.F. Sweetman

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,940 Votes: 2,680 Participation: 68.02% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33024(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 1,348 50.62% +33 Loser:
LC
 1,315 49.38% W.F. Sweetman

Service: 3 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,786 Votes: 3,607 Participation: 62.34% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33213(F) — 31 Dec 2022 15:07 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 2,120 59.40% Donald Guthrie

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
James Laidlaw		 20 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
James Laidlaw		 20 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Laidlaw (politician)		 20 Aug 2023
FR Wikipédia
James Laidlaw (homme politique)		 20 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Aug 2023 19:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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