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

♂ James B. MacDonald
aliasJames B. MacDonald
Record
37582 · 5513

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 2 3
Birth 6 December 1862 → 161 years + 4 months ago
Lived 80 years
First mandate 24 July 1923 → 100 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 7 months
Death 19 December 1942 → 81 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 5 months after 24 June 1927
Special notes
None
 

James B. MacDonald (1862–1942)
No photo available
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
Prince Edward Island 3 11 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James P. MacIntyre  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 878 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25450(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
60
CONS
 1/2 482 54.90% +86 Loser:
LIB
 396 45.10% William McIntyre

Service: 3 years 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,257 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25486(F) — 11 Nov 2022 16:41 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
CONS
 2/2 593 47.18% -71 Winner:
LIB
 664 52.82% James P. MacIntyre
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,402 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25521(F) — 11 Nov 2022 16:41 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
68
CONS
 2/2 674 48.07% -54 Winner:
LIB
 728 51.93% James P. MacIntyre

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
MacDonald, James B.		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
James B. MacDonald		 27 Dec 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 18:54 (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.