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♂ James Somerville
aliasJames Somerville
Record
57988 · 5945

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 31 January 1826 → 198 years + 3 months ago
Lived 72 years + 7 months
First mandate 20 June 1882 → 141 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 4 months
Death 19 September 1898 → 125 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 6 months after 21 February 1887
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 4 8 2

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas Farrow  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,909 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18540(F) — 25 Jun 2023 16:32 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
46
LIB
 2/2 1,359 46.72% -191 Winner:
LC
 1,550 53.28% Thomas Farrow
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,774 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19233(F) — 21 Jan 2022 21:09 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 1,833 66.08% +892 Loser:
CONS
 941 33.92% James H. Scott

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,283 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19438(F) — 22 Jan 2022 00:01 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
LIB
 2,184 66.52% D. Edward Blake

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 (Bruce County politician)		 23 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
James Somerville (homme politique ontarien, comté de Bruce)		 23 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Oct 2023 20:00 (but data presented dynamically)

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