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♂ James Joseph McCann
aliasJames McCann
Record
40547 · 12337

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Birth 29 March 1886 → 138 years + 1 month ago
Lived 75 years
First mandate 14 October 1935 → 88 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 6 months
Death 11 April 1961 → 63 years ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 10 months after 9 June 1957
Special notes
Born James Parnell McCann.
 
James Joseph McCann (1886–1961)
© Photo 1953 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
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
Canada 21 7 21

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 19–20
LIB
 1 Minister 59–61 18 Apr 1945 — 18 Jan 1948 2 9 0
2. CA 20–22
LIB
 1 Minister 59–71 29 Aug 1945 — 20 Jun 1957 11 9 22
3. CA 21
LIB
 1 Minister 63–64 18 Jan 1950 — 12 Dec 1950 0 10 24
 1. National War Services
 2. National Revenue
 3. Mines and Technical Surveys

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ James W. Baskin  m 
⊖ Martin J. Maloney  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James A. Maloney  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,889 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22713(F) — 26 Jan 2022 20:55 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
LIB
 1/3 6,054 50.92% +2,614 Loser:
LC
 3,440 28.93% Martin J. Maloney

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,572 Votes: 11,464 Participation: 69.18% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22993(F) — 26 Jan 2022 20:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 6,228 54.33% +992 Loser:
NCP
 5,236 45.67% Martin J. Maloney

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,414 Votes: 12,889 Participation: 78.52% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23253(F) — 27 Dec 2023 09:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/3 7,182 55.72% +2,310 Loser:
PC
 4,872 37.80% James A. Maloney

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,907 Votes: 14,942 Participation: 83.44% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23514(F) — 26 Jan 2022 20:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/3 7,909 53.41% +1,497 Loser:
PC
 6,412 43.30% Allan A. McLean

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,093 Votes: 15,562 Participation: 81.51% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23814(F) — 26 Jan 2022 20:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 1/3 8,627 56.00% +2,232 Loser:
PC
 6,395 41.52% Allan A. McLean

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,035 Votes: 16,663 Participation: 87.54% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24095(F) — 26 Jan 2022 20:55 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
71
LIB
 2/2 7,791 47.01% -991 Winner:
PC
 8,782 52.99% James W. Baskin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. James Joseph McCann, P.C., M.P.		 28 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. James Joseph McCann, C.P., député		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Joseph McCann		 28 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
James Joseph McCann		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 02:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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