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♂ James Riddell
aliasJames Riddell
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 2 1 3
Total 2 2 4
Birth 4 July 1849 → 174 years + 9 months ago
Lived 77 years + 2 months
First mandate 15 January 1896 → 128 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 6 months
Death 19 September 1926 → 97 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 2 months after 19 July 1903
Special notes
None
 
James Riddell (1849–1926)
© Photo Archives 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 7 6 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Robert G. O'Malley  m 
⊖ William D. Staples  m 
 		 ⊖ Rodmond P. Roblin  m 
 
Eligible: 1,366 Votes: 918 Participation: 67.20% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36619(F) — 5 Sep 2023 17:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 466 50.76% +14 Loser:
CONS
 452 49.24% Robert G. O'Malley

Service: 3 years 10 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,033 Votes: 1,480 Participation: 72.80% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36706(F) — 5 Sep 2023 17:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 769 51.96% +58 Loser:
CONS
 711 48.04% S. Umphrey

Service: 3 years 7 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,113 Votes: 1,881 Participation: 89.02% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36873(F) — 5 Sep 2023 17:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LIB
 2/2 731 38.86% -419 Winner:
CONS
 1,150 61.14% Rodmond P. Roblin
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,884 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Manitoba
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20534(F) — 5 Sep 2023 17:36 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
55
LIB
 2/2 2,147 43.96% -590 Winner:
CONS
 2,737 56.04% William D. Staples

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Riddell, James		 01 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Riddell, James		 01 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Riddell (1850-1926)		 01 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Riddell (politician)		 01 Apr 2024

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