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♂ James Allen Adair
aliasJames Allen Adair
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 6 0 6
Birth 13 May 1929 → 94 years + 11 months ago
Lived 67 years + 7 months
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 3 months
Death 24 December 1996 → 27 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 6 months after 14 June 1993
Special notes
None
 
James Allen Adair (1929–1996)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — 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
Alberta 21 9 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Robert H. Wiebe  m 
 
 
Eligible: 11,290 Votes: 6,406 Participation: 56.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13087(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
PC
 1/3 3,188 50.23% +751 Loser:
SC
 2,437 38.40% Robert H. Wiebe

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,782 Votes: 5,871 Participation: 54.45% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13013(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/4 3,567 61.00% +2,275 Loser:
NDP
 1,292 22.09% John Hokanson

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,480 Votes: 6,527 Participation: 52.30% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12934(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/4 3,901 59.80% +2,297 Loser:
NDP
 1,604 24.59% Richard (Rick) Collins

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,924 Votes: 8,350 Participation: 55.95% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12852(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/5 4,688 56.33% +3,031 Loser:
WCC
 1,657 19.91% Jim Kalman

Service: 3 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,069 Votes: 6,312 Participation: 41.89% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12769(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/4 3,775 59.95% +1,718 Loser:
NDP
 2,057 32.67% Adele G. Boucher

Service: 2 years 10 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,808 Votes: 6,506 Participation: 41.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Alberta
20 March 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12689(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 3,749 57.77% +2,136 Loser:
NDP
 1,613 24.86% Adele G. Boucher

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,660 Votes: 7,300 Participation: 49.80% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 Alberta
15 June 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12608(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
PC
 3,156 43.38% Gary Friedel

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
J. Allen 'Boomer' Adair		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Al Adair		 17 Mar 2024

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