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♂ James W. Curry
aliasJames W. Curry
Record
13937 · 12635

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 11 May 1856 → 167 years + 11 months ago
Lived 67 years + 11 months
First mandate 20 October 1919 → 104 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 63 years + 5 months
Death 5 May 1924 → 99 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 10 months + 11 days after 24 June 1923
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 3 8 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Alexander McCowan  m 
 		 ⊖ Henry C. Scholfield  m 
 
Eligible: 8,649 Votes: 5,299 Participation: 61.27% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33880(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
52
LIB
 2/2 2,276 43.16% -722 Winner:
LC
 2,998 56.84% Alexander McCowan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,501 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34231(F) — 17 Dec 2022 13:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
63
LIB
 1/2 10,508 66.92% +5,313 Loser:
LC
 5,195 33.08% Henry C. Scholfield

Service: 3 years 8 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,356 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34358(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
LC
 7,216 77.13% Edward W.J. Owens

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
James Walter Curry		 03 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
James Walter Curry		 03 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Walter Curry		 03 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Aug 2023 20:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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