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♂ James K. Cornwall
aliasJames K. Cornwall
Record
12638 · 8006

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 4 5
Birth 29 October 1869 → 154 years + 6 months ago
Lived 86 years
First mandate 22 March 1909 → 115 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 39 years + 4 months
Death 20 November 1955 → 68 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 42 years + 7 months after 16 April 1913
Special notes
None
 
James K. Cornwall (1869–1955)
© Photo 1914 — 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
Alberta 4 0 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
18 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph W. Adair  m 
⊖ John C. Bowen  m 
⊖ Thomas A. (Allie) Brick  m 
⊖ Ambrose U.G. Bury  m 
⊖ Albert F. Ewing  m 
⊖ Roberta C. McAdams  f 
⊖ Andrew R. McLennan  m 
⊖ Robert Pearson  m 
⊖ William Short  m 
 		 ⊖ Adéodat Boileau  m 
⊖ John R. Boyle  m 
⊖ Ernest M. Brown  m 
⊖ Herbert H. Crawford  m 
⊖ Jeremiah W. Heffernan  m 
⊖ Nellie L. McClung  f 
⊖ George Mills  m 
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m 
⊖ James H. Walker  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 158 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Alberta
16 February 1906
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27400(F) — 6 Aug 2023 01:45 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 2/2 33 20.89% -92 Winner:
LIB
 125 79.11% Thomas A. (Allie) Brick
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27429(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,166 Votes: 962 Participation: 82.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
3		 Alberta
2 September 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27495(F) — 5 Mar 2022 15:57 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
CONS
 475 49.53% Alphaeus Patterson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,601 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 21
Provincial
4		 Alberta
18 September 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27587(F) — 29 Oct 2022 09:22 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
47
CAF
 4/21 2,331 18.21% -1,692 Winner:
CAF
 4,023 31.43% Roberta C. McAdams
Eligible: inc. Votes: 926 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Alberta
3 June 1920
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27594(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
50
IND
 2/2 286 30.89% -354 Winner:
LIB
 640 69.11% George Mills
Eligible: inc. Votes: 75,758 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 26
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27610(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:00 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
51
IND
 16/26 2,082 13.74% -3,207 Winner:
LIB
 5,289 34.91% Jeremiah W. Heffernan

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
James K. Cornwall		 01 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Cornwall		 01 Feb 2024

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