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♂ James Ramsay
aliasJames Ramsay
Record
51475 · 13748

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 0 1
Birth 16 December 1866 → 157 years + 4 months ago
Lived 68 years + 11 months
First mandate 1 December 1920 → 103 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 11 months
Death 22 November 1935 → 88 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 5 months after 19 June 1924
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
British Columbia 3 6 17 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
8 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Bowser  m 
⊖ Samuel L. Howe  m 
⊖ Ian A. Mackenzie  m 
⊖ Mary Ellen S. Smith  f 
 		 ⊖ John W.D. Farris  m 
⊖ Malcolm A. MacDonald  m 
⊖ Joseph Martin  m 
⊖ James S. (J.S.) Woodsworth  m 
 
Eligible: 52,768 Votes: 202,205 Participation: 63.87% Candidacies: 28
Provincial
15		 British Columbia
1 December 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29239(F) — 19 Sep 2022 23:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 4/28 12,279 36.44% +1,891 Loser:
LIB
 10,388 30.82% John P. Dougherty

Service: 3 years 6 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,512 Votes: 189,728 Participation: 54.98% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29283(F) — 12 Feb 2023 11:18 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
PROV
 9,071 28.69% Andrew M. Creery

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
James Ramsay (Canadian politician)		 16 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Oct 2023 20:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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