Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → James A. Cross

♂ James A. Cross
aliasJames A. Cross
Record
13562 · 9090

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 4 1 5
Birth 11 December 1876 → 147 years + 4 months ago
Lived 75 years + 2 months
First mandate 13 October 1917 → 106 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 10 months
Death 1 March 1952 → 72 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 8 months after 5 June 1929
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
Saskatchewan 11 4 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Frederick B. (Barry) Bagshaw  m 
⊖ James F. Bryant  m 
⊖ Murdoch A. MacPherson  m 
⊖ Donald A. McNiven  m 
 		 ⊖ Henry Black  m 
⊖ Daniel C. Lochead  m 
⊖ William M. Martin  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,380 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
13 October 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31241(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
SV
 1/5 2,698 61.60% +2,007 Loser:
SV
 691 15.78% Alfred J. Manville

Service: 3 years 7 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,206 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
5		 Saskatchewan
9 June 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31284(F) — 29 Mar 2024 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 2/5 5,952 56.14% +2,452 Loser:
IND
 3,500 33.01% Frederick B. (Barry) Bagshaw
After his election:
4 Apr 1922 45
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Saskatchewan
25 April 1922
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31316(F) — 14 Oct 2022 20:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 1 month 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,639 Votes: 29,649 Participation: 75.48% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31362(F) — 27 Aug 2023 12:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LIB
 3/4 7,516 50.70% -95 Winner:
CONS
 7,611 51.34% Murdoch A. MacPherson
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
31 August 1925
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31434(F) — 14 Oct 2022 20:31 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
48
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 9 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,739 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 31502(F) — 27 Oct 2023 21:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
LIB
 4,423 50.61% Charles W. Johnson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Cross, James Albert 1876 – 1952 (p. 7)		 16 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Albert Cross		 16 Sep 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Sep 2023 09:42 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.