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♂ James Bezan
aliasJames Bezan
Record
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Ukranian-Canadian    Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Opposition
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 8 0 8
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 19 May 1965
Age 58 years + 11 months
First mandate 28 June 2004 → 19 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 1 month
 
 
Special notes
None
 
James Bezan (1965– )
© Photo 2014 Paul Shapka / US Ambassy Canada — licensed under CC BY 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 19 9 23

Electoral history

Races * 8  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Duncan E. Geisler  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Edward R. Schreyer  m 
 
Eligible: 67,043 Votes: 39,830 Participation: 59.41% Candidacies: 5
Federal
38		 Manitoba
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1029(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
CPC
 1/5 18,727 47.25% +8,211 Loser:
NDP
 10,516 26.53% Duane Nicol

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 66,637 Votes: 44,373 Participation: 66.59% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Manitoba
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 870(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
CPC
 1/6 21,661 48.99% +5,303 Loser:
NDP
 16,358 36.99% Edward R. Schreyer

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 66,937 Votes: 38,609 Participation: 57.68% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 Manitoba
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5761(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CPC
 1/5 23,302 60.63% +13,796 Loser:
NDP
 9,506 24.73% Pat Cordner

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 66,370 Votes: 41,344 Participation: 62.29% Candidacies: 4
Federal
41		 Manitoba
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6301(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
CPC
 1/4 26,848 65.19% +15,915 Loser:
NDP
 10,933 26.55% Sean Palsson

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 72,259 Votes: 49,579 Participation: 68.61% Candidacies: 5
Federal
42		 Manitoba
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7386(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CPC
 1/5 25,617 51.90% +10,109 Loser:
LIB
 15,508 31.42% Joanne Levy

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 74,439 Votes: 49,924 Participation: 67.07% Candidacies: 5
Federal
43		 Manitoba
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26865(F) — 22 Sep 2021 20:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
CPC
 1/5 31,109 62.72% +22,236 Loser:
NDP
 8,873 17.89% Robert A. Smith

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 76,375 Votes: 49,970 Participation: 65.43% Candidacies: 5
Federal
44		 Manitoba
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36216(F) — 20 May 2022 08:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
CPC
 1/5 28,308 57.06% +18,704 Loser:
NDP
 9,604 19.36% Margaret Smith

Service: 2 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 Manitoba
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39405(P) — 20 Jan 2024 18:48 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Gov't)
Age
60
CPC
 1/5   57.42%   Loser:
NDP

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. James Bezan, M.P.		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur James Bezan, député		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Bezan		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
James Bezan		 25 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Feb 2024 01:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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