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♂ James A. MacDonald
aliasJames A. MacDonald
Record
37581 · 13772

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 0 2
Birth 22 October 1858 → 165 years + 6 months ago
Lived 81 years + 1 month
First mandate 5 September 1903 → 120 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 10 months
Death 20 December 1939 → 84 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 26 days after 24 November 1909
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 6 2 19 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 10–11
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 44–51 05 Sep 1903 — 24 Nov 1909 6 2 19
2. BC 10
LIB
 1 Party leader 44–50 19 Oct 1903 — 09 Oct 1909 5 11 20

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Lorne A. Campbell  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur S. Goodeve  m 
 
Eligible: 965 Votes: 779 Participation: 80.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
5 September 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28861(F) — 10 Oct 2023 07:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 436 55.97% +93 Loser:
LC
 343 44.03% Arthur S. Goodeve

Service: 3 years 4 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,043 Votes: 525 Participation: 50.34% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
1 February 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28904(F) — 10 Oct 2023 07:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
48
LIB
 1/3 241 45.90% +55 Loser:
LC
 186 35.43% Lorne A. Campbell

Service: 2 years 9 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 808 Votes: 614 Participation: 75.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 British Columbia
25 November 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28943(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
LC
 237 38.60% William R. Braden

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
James Alexander MacDonald		 10 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Alexander MacDonald		 10 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
James Alexander MacDonald		 10 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Oct 2023 07:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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