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♂ James Charles McKeagney
aliasJames McKeagney
Record
41661 · 4904

Irish-Canadian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth c. 1815 → 209 years ago
Lived ± 64 years
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age ± 52 years
Death 14 September 1879 → 144 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 1 month after 19 July 1872
Special notes
None
 
James Charles McKeagney (c.1815–1879)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Duncan MacArthur (1840–1907) Son-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 11 12

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Newton L. Mackay  m 
⊖ Hugh McLeod  m 
 		 ⊖ William McDonald  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
1		 Nova Scotia
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17603(F) — 19 Jan 2022 07:31 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
±52
ANTI
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
30 Jan 1869 ±54
ANTI
 →
CONS
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,092 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
2		 Nova Scotia
20 July 1872
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18496(F) — 1 Sep 2023 17:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±57
LC
 4/4 882 43.11% -156 Winner:
CONS
 1,038 50.73% William McDonald

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
McKeagney, James Charles		 28 Apr 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
McKeagney, James Charles		 28 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
James Charles McKeagney, Q.C., M.P.		 28 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
James Charles McKeagney, c.r., député		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Charles McKeagney		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 21:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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