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♂ James Cowan
aliasJames Cowan
Record
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Irish-Canadian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 4 2 6
Total 4 3 7
Birth 5 September 1914 → 109 years + 7 months ago
Lived 82 years + 3 months
First mandate 16 June 1958 → 65 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 9 months
Death 4 January 1997 → 27 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 6 months after 24 June 1969
Special notes
None
 
James Cowan (1914–1997)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Manitoba, via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ James Cowan (1831–1910) Grandfather  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 11 0 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
31 documented challengers
⊖ Paul Bardal  m 
⊖ Joseph R. (Bud) Boyce  m 
⊖ John K. Downes  m 
⊖ Seymour J. Farmer  m 
⊖ Morris A. Gray  m 
⊖ Madeline E. Hryniewiecki  f 
⊖ William A. Kardash  m 
⊖ Stanley H. Knowles  m 
⊖ Francis B. Lamont  m 
⊖ John S. McDiarmid  m 
⊖ Asta A. Oddson  f 
⊖ Laurier A. Régnier  m 
⊖ Charles R. Smith  m 
⊖ Donovan Swailes  m 
⊖ William V. Tobias  m 
⊖ William G. Weir  m 
 		 ⊖ James A. Barry  m 
⊖ Harriet S. Dick  f 
⊖ Harrison Dysart  m 
⊖ Paul W. Goodman  m 
⊖ J. Gurzon Harvey  m 
⊖ William Ivens  m 
⊖ Huntly D.B. Ketchen  m 
⊖ Stephen N. Krawchyk  m 
⊖ Donald M. Malinowski  m 
⊖ David A. Mulligan  m 
⊖ John Queen  m 
⊖ James Simpkin  m 
⊖ Lewis St. George Stubbs  m 
⊖ Gunnar S. Thorvaldson  m 
⊖ Frederick E. Warriner  m 
 
Eligible: 137,437 Votes: 59,715 Participation: 43.45% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37477(F) — 24 Sep 2023 10:44 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
26
CONS
 20/27 627 1.07% -2,459 Winner:
CCF
 3,086 5.26% Morris A. Gray
Eligible: 28,836 Votes: 17,946 Participation: 62.23% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 Manitoba
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23714(F) — 1 Sep 2022 00:14 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
38
PC
 2/3 5,604 31.51% -3,354 Winner:
LIBP
 8,958 50.37% William G. Weir
Eligible: 13,731 Votes: 6,284 Participation: 45.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37689(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
PC
 1/3 3,462 55.61% +1,839 Loser:
LIBP
 1,623 26.07% Paul W. Goodman

Service: 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,424 Votes: 6,711 Participation: 49.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37746(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/3 3,712 55.84% +2,238 Loser:
CCF
 1,474 22.17% Fred Paulley

Service: 3 years 6 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,282 Votes: 5,589 Participation: 49.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37808(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/3 2,779 50.72% +1,095 Loser:
LIB
 1,684 30.74% Francis B. Lamont

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,366 Votes: 6,361 Participation: 51.44% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13876(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 2,982 47.09% +1,065 Loser:
LIB
 1,917 30.27% Ross White

Service: 3 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,418 Votes: 4,737 Participation: 50.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13933(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
PC
 2/3 1,451 31.06% -947 Winner:
NDP
 2,398 51.34% Joseph R. (Bud) Boyce

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Cowan, James Q.C.		 02 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Cowan, James Q.C.		 02 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James "Jim" Cowan (1914-1997)		 02 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Cowan (Manitoba politician)		 02 Feb 2024

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