Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

James P. Dill
aliasJames P. Dill
Record
16101 · 8850

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 67%
 
North-Western Territories 2 1 3
Birth c. 1859 → 165 years ago
Lived ± 78 years
First mandate 7 November 1891 → 132 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age ± 32 years
Death c. 1937 → 87 years ago
Exit → Death ± 38 years + 1 month after 3 November 1898
Special notes
None
 
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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
North-Western Territories 6 11 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
Benjamin P. Richardson  m  (2 runoffs)
 

 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 412 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
1
North-Western Territories
30 June 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30488(F) — 21 Jan 2023 12:08 ET
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±29
IND
2/2 203 49.27% -6 Winner:
IND
209 50.73% Benjamin P. Richardson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 525 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
2
North-Western Territories
7 November 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30507(F) — 21 Jan 2023 11:25 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
±32
IND
1/2 312 59.43% +99 Loser:
IND
213 40.57% Benjamin P. Richardson

Service:
2 years 11 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 759 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
3
North-Western Territories
31 October 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30539(F) — 20 Jan 2023 22:13 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
±35
IND
1/2 511 67.33% +263 Loser:
IND
248 32.67% T. Fleming

Service:
4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 581 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
4
North-Western Territories
4 November 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30572(F) — 20 Jan 2023 20:25 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±39
Successor:
LICO
317 54.56% William Elliott

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 10-11, 16, 36)
28 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Dill
28 Dec 2023


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Dec 2023 18:13 (but data presented dynamically)