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♂ James B. Hooker
aliasJames B. Hooker
Record
28092 · 3435

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Saskatchewan 2 1 3
Total 2 2 4
Birth c. May 1910 → 114 years ago
Lived ± 74 years
First mandate 22 April 1964 → 60 years + 11 days ago
↳ at age ± 53 years
Death 6 September 1984 → 39 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 2 months after 22 June 1971
Special notes
None
 

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
Saskatchewan 7 1 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Allen W. Engel  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Lawrence E. Watson  m 
 		 ⊕ William G. Knight  m 
 
Eligible: 6,421 Votes: 5,799 Participation: 90.31% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Saskatchewan
22 April 1964
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31915(F) — 15 Aug 2023 19:46 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±53
LIB
 1/3 2,660 45.87% +467 Loser:
NCCF
 2,193 37.82% Hasket M. Sproule

Service: 3 years 5 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,855 Votes: 4,988 Participation: 85.19% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Saskatchewan
11 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 13335(F) — 15 Aug 2023 19:46 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±57
LIB
 1/2 2,772 55.57% +556 Loser:
NCCF
 2,216 44.43% Allen W. Engel

Service: 3 years 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,589 Votes: 4,898 Participation: 87.64% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Saskatchewan
23 June 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13287(F) — 15 Aug 2023 19:46 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±61
LIB
 2/2 2,356 48.10% -186 Winner:
NPD
 2,542 51.90% Allen W. Engel
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,179 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Saskatchewan
8 November 1971
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10906(F) — 15 Aug 2023 19:46 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±61
LIB
 3/3 7,051 28.00% -2,905 Winner:
NDP
 9,956 39.54% William G. Knight

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
James Benjamin Hooker		 16 Sep 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Hooker, James Benjamin 1910 – 1984 (p. 17)		 16 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Benjamin Hooker		 16 Sep 2023

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