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♂ James L. Webster
aliasJames L. Webster
Record
64418 · 8649

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 0 1
Birth 31 December 1885 → 138 years + 3 months ago
Lived 62 years + 7 months
First mandate 25 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 59 years + 9 months
Death 8 August 1948 → 75 years + 8 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

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 2 9 13 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Rupert W. Haggen  m 
 
 
Eligible: 10,160 Votes: 6,449 Participation: 63.47% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 British Columbia
25 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29591(F) — 23 Sep 2022 12:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
59
LIB
 1/4 3,171 49.35% +1,111 Loser:
PCCF
 2,060 32.06% William Cunningham
After his election:
8 Aug 1948 62
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 9 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,789 Votes: 9,469 Participation: 74.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 British Columbia
29 November 1948
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 30221(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
62		 Successor:
CFF
 4,847 51.19% James O. Quinn

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
James Lockhart Webster		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 22:08 (but data presented dynamically)

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