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♂ James J. Spratt
aliasJames J. Spratt
Record
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☆   Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 1 2
Birth 15 July 1877 → 146 years + 9 months ago
Lived ± 82 years
First mandate 27 May 1949 → 74 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 71 years + 10 months
Death c. 1960 → 64 years ago
Exit → Death ± 8 years + 1 month after 25 November 1951
Special notes
None
 
James J. Spratt (1877–c.1960)
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Spratt's son Herbert was convicted of murdering his fiancée in 1942, becoming the last person executed in Newfoundland.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 5 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Peter J. Cashin  m 
⊖ Henry G.R. Mews  m 
 		 ⊖ Malcolm M. Hollett  m 
⊖ Oliver L. (Al) Vardy  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 19,586 Votes: 31,720 Participation: 81.57% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 Newfoundland and Labrador
27 May 1949
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26047(F) — 22 Oct 2022 18:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
71
LIB
 2/5 8,363 52.73% +837 Loser:
PC
 7,526 47.45% Henry G.R. Mews

Service: 2 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,586 Votes: 27,688 Participation: 71.59% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Newfoundland and Labrador
26 November 1951
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26073(F) — 27 Feb 2022 12:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
74
LIB
 4/4 6,598 47.66% -470 Winner:
LIB
 7,068 51.05% Oliver L. (Al) Vardy

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
James J Spratt		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Spratt (Canadian politician)		 17 Mar 2024

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