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♂ James W. Jones
aliasJames W. Jones
Record
30478 · 13705

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 1 5
Birth 21 September 1869 → 154 years + 7 months ago
Lived 84 years + 7 months
First mandate 14 September 1916 → 107 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 11 months
Death 2 May 1954 → 69 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 6 months after 1 November 1933
Special notes
None
 
James W. Jones (1869–1954) 200x224
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — 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
British Columbia 17 1 14 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 17
CONS
 1 Speaker 58–61 18 Jul 1928 — 29 Oct 1930 2 3 11

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph A. Harris  m 
 		 ⊖ Owen L. Jones  m 
 
Eligible: 1,951 Votes: 1,550 Participation: 79.45% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29029(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LC
 1/2 845 54.52% +140 Loser:
LIB
 705 45.48% Leslie V. Rogers

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,793 Votes: 3,315 Participation: 87.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 British Columbia
1 December 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29235(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LC
 1/2 1,882 56.77% +449 Loser:
LIB
 1,433 43.23% Leslie V. Rogers

Service: 3 years 6 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,646 Votes: 3,792 Participation: 81.62% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29280(F) — 12 Feb 2023 11:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LC
 1/4 2,009 52.98% +691 Loser:
LIB
 1,318 34.76% Charles B. Latta

Service: 4 years 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,826 Votes: 3,846 Participation: 79.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29369(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
CONS
 1/2 2,145 56.08% +465 Loser:
IND
 1,680 43.92% Daniel W. Sutherland

Service: 5 years 3 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,593 Votes: 4,463 Participation: 79.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29423(F) — 12 Feb 2023 01:06 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
ICON
 2/3 1,445 32.38% -191 Winner:
LIB
 1,636 36.66% Joseph A. Harris

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
James William Jones		 01 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Jan 2024 18:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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