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♂ James B. Fay
aliasJames B. Fay
Record
19387 · 5656

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 23 September 1947
Age 76 years + 7 months
First mandate 8 November 1976 → 47 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 45 years + 12 days ago (22 April 1979)
Special notes
Wikipedia profile written in the past. Is he dead?
 

James B. Fay (1947– ?)
No image 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 2 5 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Albert P. Fogarty  m 
 
 
Eligible: 2,971 Votes: 2,517 Participation: 84.72% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
8 November 1976
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25921(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
LIB
 1/2 1,472 58.48% +427 Loser:
PC
 1,045 41.52% Reg Peters

Service: 1 year 5 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,029 Votes: 2,755 Participation: 90.95% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4756(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 1,687 63.35% +711 Loser:
PC
 976 36.65% Charles J. MacInnis

Service: 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,101 Votes: 2,845 Participation: 91.74% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4724(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
31
LIB
 2/2 1,327 47.72% -127 Winner:
PC
 1,454 52.28% Albert P. Fogarty

Online biographical references (3)

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

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