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♂ James Weir
aliasJames Weir
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 0 1
Birth 5 August 1863 → 160 years + 8 months ago
Lived 85 years + 8 months
First mandate 7 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 10 months
Death 8 April 1949 → 75 years ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 8 months after 17 July 1921
Special notes
None
 

James Weir (1863–1949)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 4 1 9 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John M. Glendenning  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,270 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27562(F) — 12 Nov 2022 07:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
NPL
 1/3 439 34.79% +24 Loser:
LIB
 415 32.88% John M. Glendenning

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,500 Votes: 1,187 Participation: 79.13% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27625(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
UFA
 727 61.35% Daniel H. Galbraith

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
James Weir		 12 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Weir (politician)		 12 Jan 2024

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