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♂ James M. Sutherland
aliasJames M. Sutherland
Record
59695 · 6380

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 0 2
Birth 30 June 1853 → 170 years + 10 months ago
Lived ± 67 years
First mandate 30 May 1886 → 137 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 11 months
Death c. 1921 → 103 years ago
Exit → Death ± 29 years + 8 months after 30 April 1891
Special notes
None
 

James M. Sutherland (1853–c.1921)
No photo available
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 4 10 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William Campbell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Peter Sinclair  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John M. Clarke  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,759 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26513(F) — 12 Nov 2022 11:31 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
LIB
 2/4 1,055 56.12% +162 Loser:
CONS
 893 47.50% William Campbell

Service: 3 years 7 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,729 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
31		 Prince Edward Island
30 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 LIB  9 Apr 1891
ID: 26528(F) — 12 Jul 2023 16:37 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/5 1,027 55.07% +68 Loser:
CONS
 959 51.42% William Campbell
After his election:
9 Apr 1891 37
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
30 Apr 1891 37
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 3 months (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
31		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1891
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26632(F) — 13 Feb 2022 16:51 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
37		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Alexander B. Warburton

Online biographical references (3)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 16:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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