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

♂ James Wayne Ballem
aliasJames Wayne Ballem
Record
2498 · 5714

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 31 October 1954
Age 69 years + 6 months
First mandate 18 November 1996 → 27 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 42 years
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 11 months ago (27 May 2007)
Special notes
None
 
James Wayne Ballem (1954– )
© Photo Government of Prince Edward Island — Public domain
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 10 6 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ James Rodd  m 
 		 ⊕ Robert S. Vessey  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 3,712 Votes: 3,202 Participation: 86.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2402(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
PC
 1/3 1,625 50.88% +221 Loser:
LIB
 1,404 43.96% Eddie Reardon

Service: 3 years 4 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,799 Votes: 3,281 Participation: 86.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Prince Edward Island
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2375(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/3 1,992 60.97% +912 Loser:
LIB
 1,080 33.06% Eddie Reardon

Service: 3 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,998 Votes: 3,343 Participation: 83.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2335(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/3 1,858 55.70% +458 Loser:
LIB
 1,400 41.97% Robert S. Vessey

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,024 Votes: 3,571 Participation: 88.74% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2308(F) — 10 Oct 2023 20:52 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
PC
 2/4 1,401 39.38% -569 Winner:
LIB
 1,970 55.37% Robert S. Vessey

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid [Eds.])
Ballem, James "Jamie" Wayne		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jamie Ballem		 17 Mar 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Mar 2024 17:17 (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.