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♂ James Sydney Clark Fleming
aliasJames Fleming
Record
20060 · 1352

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Birth 30 October 1939 → 84 years + 6 months ago
Lived 83 years + 3 months
First mandate 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 33 years
Death 15 February 2023 → 1 year + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 38 years + 5 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
James Sydney Clark Fleming (1939–2023)
© Photo James Fleming — Fair trade
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 11 10 1

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 40–43 03 Mar 1980 — 11 Aug 1983 3 5 8
 1. Multiculturalism [Secretary of State of Canada]

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James R. Laxer  m 
 
 
Eligible: 71,869 Votes: 56,394 Participation: 78.47% Candidacies: 6
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10297(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
33
LIB
 1/6 22,270 39.49% +3,631 Loser:
NDP
 18,639 33.05% Val Scott

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 72,177 Votes: 53,391 Participation: 73.97% Candidacies: 7
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10561(F) — 1 Oct 2021 14:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/7 28,075 52.93% +14,341 Loser:
PC
 13,734 25.89% John N. Hanna

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,850 Votes: 39,145 Participation: 76.98% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4504(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/6 18,410 47.03% +7,838 Loser:
PC
 10,572 27.01% Robert Michener

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 50,850 Votes: 37,945 Participation: 74.62% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4222(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/6 21,385 56.76% +12,501 Loser:
NDP
 8,884 23.58% Elio Costa

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,471 Votes: 40,098 Participation: 76.42% Candidacies: 7
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3940(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
LIB
 17,629 44.56% Sergio Marchi

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. James Sydney Clark Fleming, P.C.		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. James Sydney Clark Fleming, C.P.		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Fleming (York West MP)		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 17:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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