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♂ James Rabesca
aliasJames Rabesca
Record
51292 · 8886

Dene   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Northwest Territories 2 1 3
Birth 14 July 1944
Age 79 years + 9 months
First mandate 21 December 1970 → 53 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 26 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 4 months ago (5 December 1999)
Special notes
None
 
James Rabesca (1944– ) 200x253
© Photo 1971 Northwest Territories Archives — Fair trade
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
Northwest Territories 8 4 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Leon (Napoleon) I. Lafferty  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Henry Zoe  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ James Wah-Shee  m 
 
Eligible: 1,118 Votes: 797 Participation: 71.29% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
7		 Northwest Territories
21 December 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30702(F) — 22 Jan 2023 14:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
26
IND
 1/3 511 66.19% +346 Loser:
IND
 165 21.37% Arny Steinwand

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
8		 Northwest Territories
10 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30708(F) — 1 Jan 2024 00:44 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
30		 Successor:
IND
 Acclam. James Wah-Shee
Eligible: 1,500 Votes: 1,154 Participation: 76.93% Candidacies: 6
Territorial
13		 Northwest Territories
16 October 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30837(F) — 22 Jan 2023 00:45 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
51
IND
 1/6 481 42.49% +277 Loser:
IND
 204 18.02% Violet Camsell-Blondin

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,514 Votes: 1,196 Participation: 79.00% Candidacies: 8
Territorial
14		 Northwest Territories
6 December 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30856(F) — 22 Jan 2023 00:07 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
IND
 5/8 81 6.89% -251 Winner:
IND
 332 28.23% Leon (Napoleon) I. Lafferty

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN OpenNWT: Politicians
James Rabesca		 31 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Rabesca		 31 Dec 2023

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