Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → James Norris

♂ James Norris
aliasJames Norris
Record
46501 · 5227

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 2 5
Birth c. 1809 → 215 years ago
Lived ± 82 years
First mandate 22 January 1874 → 150 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age ± 65 years
Death 1 August 1891 → 132 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 10 months after 16 September 1878
Special notes
None
 
James Norris (c.1809–1891) 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 4 4 24

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James A. Miller  m 
 		 ⊖ John C. Rykert  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 3,861 Votes: 2,831 Participation: 73.32% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18784(F) — 10 Nov 2022 07:40 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
±65
LIB
 1/2 1,493 52.74% +155 Loser:
IND
 1,338 47.26% T. Clark
After his election:
8 Sep 1874 ±65
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 7 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,861 Votes: 2,683 Participation: 69.49% Candidacies: 3
Federal
3		 Ontario
17 November 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18919(F) — 10 Nov 2022 07:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±65
LIB
 1/3 1,406 52.40% +136 Loser:
IND
 1,270 47.34% Augustus Jukes
After his election:
18 Apr 1877 ±68
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 2 years 5 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,861 Votes: 3,577 Participation: 92.64% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
9 May 1877
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18921(F) — 10 Nov 2022 07:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±68
LIB
 1/2 1,831 51.19% +85 Loser:
CONS
 1,746 48.81% James A. Miller

Service: 1 year 4 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,224 Votes: 3,730 Participation: 71.40% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19070(F) — 10 Nov 2022 07:40 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±69
LIB
 2/2 1,799 48.73% -94 Winner:
CONS
 1,893 51.27% John C. Rykert
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,557 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19266(F) — 10 Nov 2022 07:40 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
±73
LIB
 2/2 1,731 48.66% -95 Winner:
CONS
 1,826 51.34% John C. Rykert

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
James Norris, M.P.		 25 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
James Norris, député		 25 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Norris (politician)		 25 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
James Norris (homme politique ontarien)		 25 Nov 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Nov 2023 07:51 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.