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♂ James R. Ferguson
aliasJames R. Ferguson
Record
19552 · 3807

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 0 3
Birth 19 August 1925 → 98 years + 8 months ago
Lived 87 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 June 1969 → 54 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 10 months
Death 26 February 2013 → 11 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 3 months after 16 November 1981
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 12 4 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Nelson M. Shoemaker  m 
 
 
Eligible: 9,124 Votes: 6,672 Participation: 73.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13894(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
PC
 1/3 3,000 45.13% +417 Loser:
LIB
 2,583 38.86% Nelson M. Shoemaker

Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,742 Votes: 7,842 Participation: 80.50% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9196(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/4 3,605 46.20% +1,211 Loser:
NDP
 2,394 30.68% Gordon Stewart

Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,948 Votes: 7,464 Participation: 75.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9253(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 4,635 62.23% +2,484 Loser:
NDP
 2,151 28.88% William Werbiski

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,435 Votes: 6,856 Participation: 65.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9310(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 4,447 65.07% Charlotte L. Oleson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Ferguson, James Robert		 06 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Ferguson, James Robert		 06 Aug 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Robert "Jim" Ferguson (1925-2013)		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Ferguson (Canadian politician)		 06 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Aug 2023 14:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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