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♂ James H. Hawthornthwaite
aliasJames H. Hawthornthwaite
Record
26600 · 8512

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 6 2 8
Total 6 3 9
Birth c. 1863 → 161 years ago
Lived ± 63 years
First mandate 20 February 1901 → 123 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age ± 38 years
Death 1 November 1926 → 97 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 11 months after 30 November 1920
Special notes
None
 
James H. Hawthornthwaite (c.1863–1926)
© Photo 1912 Victoria Daily Times — 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
British Columbia 13 7 28 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 12
SP
 1 Opposition Leader 47 05 Jan 1910 — 31 Dec 1910 0 11 26

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
10 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph B. Clearihue  m 
⊖ Reginald Hayward  m 
⊖ Robert A. (Gus) Lyons  m 
⊖ Albert E. Planta  m 
⊖ Ralph Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Samuel Guthrie  m 
⊖ Joshua Hinchcliffe  m 
⊖ John Oliver  m 
⊖ Francis H. Shepherd  m 
⊖ Harold D. Twigg  m 
 
Eligible: 1,344 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
20 February 1901
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28834(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:18 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±38
ILAB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 6 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,196 Votes: 1,105 Participation: 92.39% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
5 September 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28853(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±40
SP
 1/3 486 43.98% +161 Loser:
LC
 325 29.41% Edward Quennell

Service: 3 years 4 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,256 Votes: 906 Participation: 72.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
1 February 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28897(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±44
SP
 1/3 455 50.22% +165 Loser:
LLAB
 290 32.01% Henry Shepherd
After his election:
1 Oct 1908 ±45
SP
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 8 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,185 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
11		 British Columbia
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20786(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:18 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±45
SP
 3/3 1,312 31.68% -182 Winner:
LIB
 1,494 36.08% Ralph Smith
Eligible: 1,256 Votes: 1,091 Participation: 86.86% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
12 January 1909
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28917(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±46
SP
 1/2 686 62.88% +281 Loser:
LIB
 405 37.12% Charles H. Barber

Service: 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,834 Votes: 1,250 Participation: 68.16% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 British Columbia
25 November 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28936(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±46
SP
 1/2 786 62.88% +322 Loser:
LC
 464 37.12% Albert E. Planta

Service: 2 years 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,188 Votes: 1,574 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
28 March 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28972(F) — 19 Sep 2022 21:55 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±49		 Successor:
SDP
 621 39.45% John T.W. Place
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,390 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
24 January 1918
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29043(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:18 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±55
ISOC
 1/2 917 65.97% +444 Loser:
LIB
 473 34.03% George H. Cavin

Service: 2 years 10 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,002 Votes: 1,676 Participation: 83.72% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
15		 British Columbia
1 December 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29224(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:18 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±57
ISOC
 3/4 419 25.00% -285 Winner:
FLP
 704 42.00% Samuel Guthrie
Eligible: 22,195 Votes: 51,675 Participation: 58.21% Candidacies: 16
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29284(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:18 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±61
CLP
 15/16 821 6.35% -4,299 Winner:
LC
 5,120 39.63% Robert A. (Gus) Lyons

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Hawthornthwaite, James Hurst		 09 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Hawthornthwaite, James Hurst		 09 Mar 2024
EN Find a Grave
James Hurst Hawthornthwaite		 09 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Hurst Hawthornthwaite		 09 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
James Hurst Hawthornthwaite		 09 Mar 2024

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