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♂ James H. Aitchison
aliasJames H. Aitchison
Record
341 · 14834

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Nova Scotia 0 1 1
Total 0 3 3
Birth c. 1908 → 116 years ago
Lived ± 86 years
First run 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 54 years
Death 12 July 1994 → 29 years + 9 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 48–49
NDP
 1 Party leader 55–60 08 Oct 1963 — 14 Sep 1968 4 11 6

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
6 documented challengers
⊖ N. Layton Fergusson  m 
⊖ John E. Lloyd  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Edmund L. Morris  m 
 		 ⊖ J. Michael W.C. Forrestall  m 
⊖ Robert J. McCleave  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Gerald A.P. Regan  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 180,776 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
25		 Nova Scotia
18 June 1962
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24573(F) — 22 Nov 2023 07:48 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±54
NDP
 5/7 6,464 7.15% -35,340 Winner:
PC
 41,804 46.25% Edmund L. Morris
Eligible: inc. Votes: 183,443 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
27		 Nova Scotia
8 November 1965
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25106(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±57
NDP
 5/7 8,983 9.79% -32,000 Winner:
PC
 40,983 44.68% J. Michael W.C. Forrestall
Eligible: 12,212 Votes: 9,615 Participation: 78.73% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14238(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:32 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
±59
NDP
 2/3 3,048 31.89% -2,046 Winner:
PC
 5,094 53.29% N. Layton Fergusson

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
James H. Aitchison		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 00:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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