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♂ James E. Downey
aliasJames E. Downey
Record
16856 · 3828

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 6 0 6
Birth 10 August 1942
Age 81 years + 8 months
First mandate 11 October 1977 → 46 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 7 months ago (20 September 1999)
Special notes
None
 
James E. Downey (1942– ) 200x266
© Photo Legislative Library Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
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 21 11 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Glen McKinnon  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,563 Votes: 6,483 Participation: 75.71% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9237(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
PC
 1/3 4,405 68.00% +3,233 Loser:
NDP
 1,172 18.09% Earl Sterling

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,119 Votes: 7,257 Participation: 65.27% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9294(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/2 5,468 75.52% +3,696 Loser:
NDP
 1,772 24.48% Earl Sterling

Service: 4 years 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,154 Votes: 7,485 Participation: 67.11% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Manitoba
18 March 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9351(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/4 4,569 61.11% +3,371 Loser:
COR
 1,198 16.02% Peter J. Neufeld

Service: 2 years 1 month 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,085 Votes: 7,982 Participation: 72.01% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Manitoba
26 April 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 9408(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/4 4,359 54.71% +2,188 Loser:
LIB
 2,171 27.25% Douglas Mosset

Service: 2 years 4 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,419 Votes: 8,073 Participation: 65.01% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Manitoba
11 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9465(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/3 4,773 59.26% +2,688 Loser:
LIB
 2,085 25.88% Glen McKinnon

Service: 4 years 7 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,045 Votes: 7,822 Participation: 64.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
36		 Manitoba
25 April 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9522(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 5,015 64.36% +3,496 Loser:
NDP
 1,519 19.49% Ray Cantelo

Service: 4 years 4 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,358 Votes: 8,625 Participation: 64.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Manitoba
21 September 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9579(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
PC
 4,215 49.25% Larry N. Maguire

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Living
Downey, James Erwin		 16 Dec 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés
Downey, James Erwin		 16 Dec 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Erwin "Jim" Downey		 16 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Jim Downey (politician)		 16 Dec 2023

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