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♂ James A. Jerome
aliasJames A. Jerome
Record
29881 · 154

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Birth 4 March 1933 → 91 years + 1 month ago
Lived 72 years + 5 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 3 months
Death 21 August 2005 → 18 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 6 months after 17 February 1980
Special notes
None
 
James A. Jerome (1933–2005)
© Photo John Evans (Ottawa) via Parlinfo — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 11 7 20

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 30–31
LIB
 1 Speaker 41–46 08 Jul 1974 — 17 Feb 1980 5 7 9

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Melville C. (Bud) Germa  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 39,163 Votes: 28,765 Participation: 73.45% Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 Ontario
29 May 1967
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25296(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
34
LIB
 2/5 12,823 44.58% -159 Winner:
NDP
 12,982 45.13% Melville C. (Bud) Germa
Eligible: inc. Votes: 37,628 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10026(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
LIB
 1/3 19,672 52.28% +7,412 Loser:
NDP
 12,260 32.58% Melville C. (Bud) Germa

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,857 Votes: 43,752 Participation: 76.95% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10281(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 24,091 55.06% +10,343 Loser:
NDP
 13,748 31.42% Garry Clarke

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,344 Votes: 44,579 Participation: 77.74% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10544(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/4 23,374 52.61% +10,174 Loser:
NDP
 13,200 29.71% Donald Scott

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,111 Votes: 41,659 Participation: 72.94% Candidacies: 7
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4487(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/7 20,634 49.53% +6,382 Loser:
NDP
 14,252 34.21% Mort Paterson

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 57,111 Votes: 39,582 Participation: 69.31% Candidacies: 7
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4205(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
LIB
 21,954 55.70% Douglas C. Frith

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. James Alexander Jerome, P.C., M.P.		 21 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. James Alexander Jerome, C.P., député		 21 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Jerome		 21 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Feb 2024 11:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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