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♂ James C. Irving
aliasJames C. Irving
Record
29247 · 5505

Presbyterian   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 0 2
Birth 9 May 1870 → 153 years + 11 months ago
Lived 69 years + 5 months
First mandate 24 July 1919 → 104 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 2 months
Death 14 October 1939 → 84 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 3 months after 24 June 1927
Special notes
None
 

James C. Irving (1870–1939)
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Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Edmund T. Higgs (1873–1957) Brother-in-law
⊖ David P. Irving (1841–1922) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 7 10 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John S. Martin  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,383 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25434(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 838 60.59% +293 Loser:
CONS
 545 39.41% John S. Martin

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,199 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25473(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 1,113 50.61% +27 Loser:
CONS
 1,086 49.39% George A. McLean

Service: 3 years 11 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,254 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25509(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
LIB
 1,258 55.81% J. James Larabee

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Irving, James Cephas		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
James C. Irving		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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