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♂ James Nation Hillyer
aliasJim Hillyer
Record
27595 · 850

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 8 July 1974 → 49 years + 9 months ago
Lived 41 years + 8 months
First mandate 2 May 2011 → 12 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 9 months
Death 23 March 2016 → 8 years + 1 month ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
James Nation Hillyer (1974–2016)
© Photo 2015 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
An Alberta Conservative MP since 2011, Hillyer was found dead in his Ottawa office. An autopsy confirmed that he died of sudden heart failure that may have indirectly been caused by chemotherapy he underwent a decade before. He was 41 years old.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 10 20

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 90,036 Votes: 48,393 Participation: 53.75% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Alberta
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6246(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
36
CPC
 1/5 27,173 56.51% +14,101 Loser:
NDP
 13,072 27.18% Mark Sandilands

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 77,892 Votes: 50,768 Participation: 65.18% Candidacies: 5
Federal
42		 Alberta
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7333(F) — 2 Feb 2022 16:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
CPC
 1/5 34,849 68.80% +25,764 Loser:
LIB
 9,085 17.94% Glen Allan
After his election:
23 Mar 2016 41
CPC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 5 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 77,608 Votes: 34,322 Participation: 44.22% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 Alberta
24 October 2016
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10785(F) — 6 Sep 2021 17:42 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
41		 Successor:
CPC
 23,932 69.85% Glen Motz

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Jim Hillyer, M.P.		 11 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Jim Hillyer, député		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jim Hillyer (politician)		 11 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Jim Hillyer		 11 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Apr 2024 23:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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