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♂ James Nicholson
aliasJames Nicholson
Record
46166 · 6348

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 16 October 1827 → 196 years + 6 months ago
Lived 77 years + 7 months
First mandate 7 November 1878 → 145 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 51 years
Death 10 June 1905 → 118 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 1 month after 7 May 1882
Special notes
None
 
James Nicholson (1827–1905) 200x225
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — 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 3 5 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Duncan Crawford  m 
⊖ Donald C. Martin  m 
 		 ⊖ Angus D. MacMillan  m 
⊖ Donald Montgomery  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
27		 Prince Edward Island
7 November 1878
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26610(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:03 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 5 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,740 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Prince Edward Island
9 April 1879
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26486(F) — 13 Feb 2022 16:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CONS
 2/4 494 56.78% +94 Loser:
LIB
 400 45.98% Joseph Dixon

Service: 3 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,453 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Prince Edward Island
8 May 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26501(F) — 13 Feb 2022 16:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
CONS
 3/4 609 49.63% -12 Winner:
LIB
 621 50.61% Angus D. MacMillan

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Nicholson, James [1827]		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
James Nicholson		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Nicholson (Canadian politician)		 27 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 00:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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