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♂ James Somerville
aliasJames Somerville
Record
57989 · 5944

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Birth 7 June 1834 → 189 years + 10 months ago
Lived 81 years + 11 months
First mandate 20 June 1882 → 141 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 48 years
Death 24 May 1916 → 107 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 6 months after 6 November 1900
Special notes
None
 

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
Canada 18 4 13

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,255 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19229(F) — 21 Jan 2022 21:08 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,603 71.09% +951 Loser:
CONS
 652 28.91% James R. Currey

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,156 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19433(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 1,660 76.99% +1,164 Loser:
CONS
 496 23.01% James R. Currey

Service: 4 years 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,342 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19785(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 1,729 73.83% +1,116 Loser:
CONS
 613 26.17% Robert L. Hamilton

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,527 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20154(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/2 1,824 72.18% +1,121 Loser:
CONS
 703 27.82% Charles C. Muma

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,020 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20408(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 2,059 68.18% William Paterson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
James Somerville, M.P.		 23 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
James Somerville, député		 23 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Somerville (Wentworth County, Ontario politician)		 23 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
James Somerville (homme politique ontarien, comté de Wentworth)		 23 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Oct 2023 20:01 (but data presented dynamically)

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