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♂ James A. Baker
aliasJames A. Baker
Record
2348 · 13822

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 5 0 5
Total 5 1 6
Birth 6 January 1830 → 194 years + 3 months ago
Lived 76 years + 6 months
First mandate 7 July 1886 → 137 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 6 months
Death 31 July 1906 → 117 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 1 month after 8 June 1900
Special notes
None
 
James A. Baker (1830–1906)
© Photo — 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 13 8 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William M. Brown  m 
⊖ Charles H. Mackintosh  m 
 		 ⊖ William A. Galliher  m 
 
Eligible: 36 Votes: 185 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28683(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
GOV
 1/2 111 60.00% +37 Loser:
OPPO
 74 40.00% William M. Brown

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 314 Votes: 286 Participation: 91.08% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28708(F) — 2 Mar 2022 13:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
GOV
 1/2 145 50.70% +4 Loser:
OPPO
 141 49.30% Charles Law
After his election:
28 May 1892 62
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 314 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
30 July 1892
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28724(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
GOV
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 11 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 625 Votes: 416 Participation: 66.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
9 July 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28732(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
GOV
 1/2 250 60.10% +84 Loser:
OPPO
 166 39.90% Nicolai C. Schou

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 436 Votes: 303 Participation: 69.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28786(F) — 23 Jul 2023 21:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
GOV
 1/2 159 52.48% +15 Loser:
OPPO
 144 47.52% William Baillie
After his election:
10 Jul 1898 68
GOV
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 1 year 10 months 30 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,612 Votes: 982 Participation: 60.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28805(F) — 21 Oct 2023 19:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
GOV
 428 43.58% Edwin C. Smith
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,957 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
10		 British Columbia
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20666(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
74
IND
 3/3 622 12.55% -1,929 Winner:
LIB
 2,551 51.46% William A. Galliher

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
James Baker (Canadian politician)		 09 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jan 2024 22:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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