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♂ James Edward Birch
aliasJames Birch
Record
4919 · 6398

Irish-Canadian    Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 2 3
Birth 29 July 1849 → 174 years + 9 months ago
Lived 92 years + 4 months
First mandate 21 July 1897 → 126 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 11 months
Death 6 December 1941 → 82 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 11 months after 11 December 1900
Special notes
None
 

James Edward Birch (1849–1941)
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 3 4 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John A. Matheson  m 
 		 ⊖ Benjamin Rogers  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,880 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26543(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
44
CONS
 3/3 268 20.41% -304 Winner:
LIB
 572 43.56% Benjamin Rogers
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,309 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26574(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
CONS
 1/2 662 50.57% +15 Loser:
LIB
 647 49.43% Benjamin Rogers

Service: 3 years 4 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,246 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17396(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:41 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
CONS
 2/2 537 43.10% -172 Winner:
LIB
 709 56.90% Benjamin Rogers

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
James E Birch		 02 May 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Birch, James Edward		 02 May 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
James Edward Birch		 02 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Birch (politician)		 02 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 May 2024 22:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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