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♂ James H. Walker
aliasJames H. Walker
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 3 4
Birth 31 May 1885 → 138 years + 11 months ago
Lived 69 years + 6 months
First mandate 21 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 54 years + 9 months
Death 1 December 1954 → 69 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 3 months after 7 August 1944
Special notes
None
 
James H. Walker (1885–1954) 200x226
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — 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 4 17 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 9
INDM
 1 Opposition Leader 55 20 Feb 1941 — 08 Apr 1941 0 1 19
2. AB 9
INDM
 1 Party leader 58–59 23 Jan 1944 — 31 Aug 1944 0 7 8
3. AB 9
INDM
 2 Opposition Leader 58 10 Feb 1944 — 24 Mar 1944 0 1 14

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ James K. Cornwall  m 
⊖ Solon E. Low  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Robert Pearson  m 
 		 ⊖ Frank S. Leffingwell  m 
⊖ Roberta C. McAdams  f 
 
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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
CAF
 8/21 1,109 8.66% -2,914 Winner:
CAF
 4,023 31.43% Roberta C. McAdams
Eligible: 3,809 Votes: 3,150 Participation: 82.70% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27828(F) — 6 Mar 2022 13:00 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
50
UFA
 2/4 588 19.27% -1,114 Winner:
SC
 1,702 55.78% Solon E. Low
Eligible: 4,327 Votes: 3,593 Participation: 83.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27888(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
INDM
 1/2 1,937 55.42% +379 Loser:
SC
 1,558 44.58% Solon E. Low

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,273 Votes: 3,209 Participation: 75.10% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
10		 Alberta
8 August 1944
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27941(F) — 6 Mar 2022 17:18 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
59
INDM
 2/4 629 20.00% -992 Winner:
SC
 1,621 51.54% Solon E. Low

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
James H. Walker		 12 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
James H. Walker		 12 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Jan 2024 20:12 (but data presented dynamically)

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