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♂ James Peterkin Alexander
aliasJames Peterkin Alexander
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 2 4
Birth 28 June 1835 → 188 years + 9 months ago
Lived 76 years + 9 months
First mandate 2 November 1881 → 142 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 4 months
Death 16 April 1912 → 112 years ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 9 months after 10 July 1888
Special notes
None
 
James Peterkin Alexander (1835–1912)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Alexander is said to have died of a heart attack in a barber's chair after hearing of his friend John Hugo Ross's death on the Titanic.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 2 9 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Archibald M. Campbell  m 
 		 ⊖ Finlay M. Young  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 195 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Manitoba
2 November 1881
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36110(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
CONS
 1/2 102 52.31% +9 Loser:
LIB
 93 47.69% J.C. Waugh

Service: 1 year 2 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 377 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Manitoba
23 January 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28398(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
CONS
 2/2 145 38.46% -87 Winner:
LIB
 232 61.54% Finlay M. Young
Eligible: 743 Votes: 450 Participation: 60.57% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36493(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
51
CONS
 1/2 235 52.22% +20 Loser:
LIB
 215 47.78% A.M. Livingstone

Service: 1 year 7 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 730 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
11 July 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36537(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
CONS
 2/2 356 48.77% -18 Winner:
LIB
 374 51.23% Archibald M. Campbell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Peterkin Alexander (1835-1912)		 14 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Peterkin Alexander		 14 Jan 2024

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