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♂ James Cunningham
aliasJames Cunningham
Record
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Irish-Canadian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
British Columbia 1 0 1
Total 2 0 2
Birth 1 August 1834 → 189 years + 8 months ago
Lived 90 years + 9 months
First mandate 22 January 1874 → 150 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 5 months
Death 4 May 1925 → 98 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 38 years + 9 months after 6 July 1886
Special notes
None
 
James Cunningham (1834–1925)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Thomas Cunningham (1837–1916) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 0 0
British Columbia 2 2 14 Z
TOTAL 6 2 14

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William N. Bole  m 
 		 ⊖ Joshua A.R. Homer  m 
 
Eligible: 403 Votes: 304 Participation: 75.43% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 British Columbia
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18703(F) — 20 Jan 2022 21:23 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
LIB
 1/2 162 53.29% +20 Loser:
LC
 142 46.71% Joshua A.R. Homer
After his election:
22 Jan 1878 43
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 4 years (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 British Columbia
25 March 1878
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18987(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
IND
 Acclam. Thomas R. McInnes
Eligible: 257 Votes: 168 Participation: 65.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
21 April 1884
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28676(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
GOV
 1/3 79 47.02% +24 Loser:
OPPO
 55 32.74% William N. Bole

Service: 2 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 443 Votes: 249 Participation: 56.21% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28687(F) — 2 Mar 2022 12:55 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
OPPO
 212 85.14% William N. Bole

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
James Cunningham, M.P.		 31 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
James Cunningham, député		 31 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Cunningham (Canadian politician)		 31 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 Jan 2024 22:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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