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♂ James A. Grant
aliasJames A. Grant
Record
24147 · 5081

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 2 5
Birth 11 August 1831 → 192 years + 8 months ago
Lived 88 years + 5 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 11 months
Death 5 February 1920 → 104 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 7 months after 22 June 1896
Special notes
None
 
James A. Grant (1831–1920) 200x323
© Photo — Public domain
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
Canada 8 11 29

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Robert Bell  m 
⊖ Malcolm Cameron  m 
 		 ⊖ Robert Blackburn  m 
⊖ John Rochester  m 
 
Eligible: 2,456 Votes: 1,988 Participation: 80.94% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17683(F) — 27 Jul 2023 12:21 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
CONS
 1/2 1,293 65.04% +598 Loser:
IND
 695 34.96% Robert Bell

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,169 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18575(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
CONS
 1/2 1,217 56.11% +265 Loser:
LIB
 952 43.89% Malcolm Cameron

Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,214 Votes: 2,187 Participation: 68.05% Candidacies: 3
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18810(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
CONS
 2/3 1,014 46.36% -64 Winner:
LIB
 1,078 49.29% Robert Blackburn
Eligible: 4,523 Votes: 2,672 Participation: 59.08% Candidacies: 4
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19039(F) — 21 Jan 2022 19:06 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
47
CONS
 3/4 86 3.34% -1,196 Winner:
CONS
 1,282 49.73% John Rochester
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
7		 Ontario
7 December 1893
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 20005(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
62
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 6 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,780 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20128(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 2,942 42.70% Napoléon-Antoine Belcourt

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Sir James Alexander Grant		 25 Nov 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Grant, sir James Alexander		 25 Nov 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Sir James Alexander Grant, K.C.M.G., M.R.C.S, F.R.C.P.C., M.P.		 25 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Sir James Alexander Grant, K.C.M.G., M.R.C.S, F.R.C.P.C., député		 25 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Grant (Ontario politician)		 25 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Nov 2023 14:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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