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♂ James Armstrong Richardson
aliasJim Richardson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 28 March 1922 → 102 years + 1 month ago
Lived 82 years + 1 month
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 2 months
Death 17 May 2004 → 19 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 11 months after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 
James (Jim) Armstrong Richardson (1922–2004)
© Photo University of Manitoba Archives via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William M. Benidickson (1911–1985) Brother-in-law  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 10 10 23

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 28
LIB
 1 Minister 46–47 06 Jul 1968 — 04 May 1969 0 9 28
2. CA 28
LIB
 1 ✓ Minister 47 30 Apr 1969 — 04 May 1969 0 0 4
3. CA 28
LIB
 1 Minister 47–50 05 May 1969 — 26 Nov 1972 3 6 21
4. CA 28
LIB
 1 Minister 47–50 05 May 1969 — 26 Nov 1972 3 6 21
5. CA 29–30
LIB
 1 Minister 50–54 27 Nov 1972 — 12 Oct 1976 3 10 15
 1. Without portfolio
 2. Transport [Int]
 3. Supply and Services
 4. Receiver General [Supply and Services]
 5. National Defence

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Hutton  m 
⊖ Louis R. (Bud) Sherman  m 
 		 ⊖ Sterling R. Lyon  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 44,165 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Manitoba
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9923(F) — 26 Dec 2022 14:11 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
LIB
 1/3 23,457 53.11% +8,248 Loser:
PC
 15,209 34.44% Louis R. (Bud) Sherman

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 63,574 Votes: 50,174 Participation: 78.92% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Manitoba
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10181(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 25,534 50.89% +8,512 Loser:
PC
 17,022 33.93% Boyd Robertson

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 63,574 Votes: 50,730 Participation: 79.80% Candidacies: 7
Federal
30		 Manitoba
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10445(F) — 29 Jun 2023 23:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/7 23,297 45.92% +1,266 Loser:
PC
 22,031 43.43% Sterling R. Lyon
After his election:
27 Jun 1978 56
LIB
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 59,046 Votes: 45,757 Participation: 77.49% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Manitoba
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4380(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
LIB
 18,822 41.13% Lloyd N. Axworthy

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
James Armstrong Richardson (Jr)		 20 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
James Armstrong Richardson fils		 20 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Armstrong "Jim" Richardson (1922-2004)		 20 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. James Armstrong Richardson, P.C., M.P.		 20 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. James Armstrong Richardson, C.P., député		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Armstrong Richardson		 20 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
James Armstrong Richardson		 20 Apr 2024

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