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♂ James Albert Creighton
aliasJimmy Creighton
Record
13388 · 14229

  
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 0 2 2
Total 0 3 3
Birth 18 November 1905 → 118 years + 5 months ago
Lived 84 years + 6 months
First run 8 June 1953 → 70 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 6 months
Death 29 May 1990 → 33 years + 11 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
James Albert Creighton (1905–1990)
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Brandon, Manitoba (1952–1955; 1958–1961)
Mun./Co. Council Brandon, Manitoba (1946; 1948–1949)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Walter G. Dinsdale  m 
⊖ Reginald O. Lissaman  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Hans Fries  m 
 
Eligible: 12,579 Votes: 7,776 Participation: 61.82% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37585(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
47
LIBP
 2/3 3,063 40.13% -451 Winner:
PC
 3,514 46.04% Reginald O. Lissaman
Eligible: 34,989 Votes: 24,145 Participation: 69.01% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Manitoba
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23708(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
47
LIB
 2/4 8,456 35.28% -5,459 Winner:
PC
 13,915 58.05% Walter G. Dinsdale
Eligible: 15,515 Votes: 9,075 Participation: 58.49% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37756(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 2/4 3,182 35.24% -1,589 Winner:
PC
 4,771 52.83% Reginald O. Lissaman

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
James Albert "Jimmy" Creighton		 18 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Albert "Jimmy" Creighton (1905-1990)		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jimmy Creighton		 18 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Apr 2024 20:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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