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♂ James Johnson
aliasJames Johnson
Record
30128 · 14113

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 6 1 7
Birth 18 November 1855 → 168 years + 5 months ago
Lived 73 years + 2 months
First mandate 27 November 1897 → 126 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 42 years
Death 6 February 1929 → 95 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 6 months after 5 August 1915
Special notes
None
 
James Johnson (1855–1929)
© Photo 1902 Representative Men of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
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 17 8 1 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 11–14
CONS
 1 Speaker 48–59 07 Jan 1904 — 05 Aug 1915 11 6 29

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ George W. McDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James S. Reekie  m 
 
Eligible: 1,239 Votes: 882 Participation: 71.19% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
27 November 1897
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36650(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
ICON
 1/2 516 58.50% +150 Loser:
LIB
 366 41.50% Thomas Nichol

Service: 2 years 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,598 Votes: 1,315 Participation: 82.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36725(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
ICON
 1/2 753 57.26% +191 Loser:
LIB
 562 42.74% James S. Reekie

Service: 3 years 7 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,465 Votes: 1,358 Participation: 92.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36880(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CONS
 1/3 741 54.57% +266 Loser:
LIB
 475 34.98% J.S. McEwen

Service: 3 years 7 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,424 Votes: 1,111 Participation: 78.02% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Manitoba
7 March 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36926(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CONS
 1/2 649 58.42% +187 Loser:
LIB
 462 41.58% John Morrow

Service: 3 years 4 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,498 Votes: 1,322 Participation: 88.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Manitoba
11 July 1910
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36975(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
CONS
 1/2 742 56.13% +162 Loser:
LIB
 580 43.87% William Hanley

Service: 3 years 11 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,453 Votes: 1,352 Participation: 93.05% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 37023(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
CONS
 1/2 707 52.29% +62 Loser:
LIB
 645 47.71% George W. McDonald

Service: 1 year 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,507 Votes: 1,338 Participation: 88.79% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37079(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
CONS
 2/2 651 48.65% -36 Winner:
LIB
 687 51.35% George W. McDonald

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Johnson, James		 10 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Johnson, James		 10 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Johnson (1855-1929)		 10 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Johnson (Manitoba politician)		 10 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Feb 2024 15:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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