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♂ James Masson
aliasJames Masson
Record
39970 · 6071

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 17 February 1847 → 177 years + 2 months ago
Lived 56 years + 10 months
First mandate 22 February 1887 → 137 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 40 years
Death 24 December 1903 → 120 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 6 months after 22 June 1896
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 9 3 28

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Benjamin Allen  m 
 		 ⊖ Edward H. Horsey  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,199 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19453(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
CONS
 1/2 2,128 50.68% +57 Loser:
LIB
 2,071 49.32% Benjamin Allen

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,775 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19805(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
CONS
 1/2 2,511 52.59% +247 Loser:
LIB
 2,264 47.41% Edward H. Horsey

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,086 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20093(F) — 22 Jan 2022 21:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
LIB
 2,559 50.31% John Clark

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
James Masson, M.P.		 28 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
James Masson, député		 28 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Masson		 28 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Aug 2023 10:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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