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♂ James A. Smart
aliasJames A. Smart
Record
57356 · 14027

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 1 4
Birth 6 June 1858 → 165 years + 10 months ago
Lived 83 years + 10 months
First mandate 9 December 1886 → 137 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 28 years + 6 months
Death 3 May 1942 → 81 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 49 years + 9 months after 22 July 1892
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 5 6 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Charles Cliffe  m 
 		 ⊖ William A. Macdonald  m 
 
Eligible: 1,884 Votes: 1,101 Participation: 58.44% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36471(F) — 16 Mar 2022 20:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
28
LIB
 1/2 580 52.68% +59 Loser:
CONS
 521 47.32% George Winters
After his election:
20 Jan 1888 29
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 1 month 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 February 1888
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36507(F) — 14 Oct 2022 20:46 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
29
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 5 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 620 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
11 July 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36516(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 340 54.84% +60 Loser:
CONS
 280 45.16% Charles Cliffe

Service: 4 years 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,561 Votes: 1,326 Participation: 84.95% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Manitoba
23 July 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36561(F) — 26 Aug 2023 15:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
34
LIB
 2/2 657 49.55% -12 Winner:
CONS
 669 50.45% William A. Macdonald

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Smart, James Allen		 24 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Smart, James Allen		 24 Oct 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Allan Smart (1858-1942)		 24 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
James A. Smart		 24 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Oct 2023 17:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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