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♂ Norman Bloomfield James
aliasNorman Bloomfield James
Record
29560 · 8101

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 4 August 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
Lived 91 years + 4 months
First mandate 22 August 1935 → 88 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 63 years
Death 12 December 1963 → 60 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 3 months after 16 August 1948
Special notes
None
 
Norman Bloomfield James (1872–1963)
© Photo 1935 — 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 12 11 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
11 documented challengers
⊖ Samuel A.G. Barnes  m 
⊖ Orvis A. Kennedy  m 
⊖ Hugh J. Macdonald  m 
⊖ C. Gerald O'Connor  m 
⊖ Lorne Proudfoot  m 
⊖ William J. Williams  m 
 		 ⊖ David M. Duggan  m 
⊖ Jan Lakeman  m 
⊖ Ernest C. Manning  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J. Percy Page  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 3,142 Votes: 2,836 Participation: 90.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27778(F) — 6 Mar 2022 10:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
63
SC
 1/3 1,834 66.67% +1,206 Loser:
UFA
 628 22.83% Lorne Proudfoot

Service: 4 years 6 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 59,685 Votes: 42,665 Participation: 75.30% Candidacies: 17
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27852(F) — 6 Mar 2022 15:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
SC
 3/17 967 2.21% -3,005 Loser:
INDM
 3,972 9.08% C. Gerald O'Connor

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 65,651 Votes: 40,047 Participation: 61.00% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
10		 Alberta
8 August 1944
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27909(F) — 6 Mar 2022 16:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
72
SC
 5/20 781 2.06% -619 Loser:
INDM
 1,400 3.70% Johnnie T. Caine

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 84,391 Votes: 47,276 Participation: 56.02% Candidacies: 16
Provincial
11		 Alberta
17 August 1948
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27963(F) — 17 Oct 2021 20:19 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
76		 Successor:
SC
 946 2.05% Clayton Adams

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Norman B. James		 19 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Norman B. James		 19 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Mar 2024 19:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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