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♂ James Gordon Taggart
aliasJames Gordon Taggart
Record
59988 · 9140

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 1 3
Birth 28 September 1892 → 131 years + 7 months ago
Lived 81 years + 8 months
First mandate 19 June 1934 → 89 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 8 months
Death 11 June 1974 → 49 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 11 months after 14 June 1944
Special notes
None
 
James Gordon Taggart (1892–1974)
© Photo Archives Saskatchewan via The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister Canada (1949–1959)
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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 9 11 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Harry Gibbs  m 
⊖ Clarence Stork  m 
 		 ⊖ William W. Smith  m 
 
Eligible: 8,274 Votes: 7,207 Participation: 87.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31556(F) — 11 Sep 2023 18:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 2,531 35.12% +192 Loser:
FLG
 2,339 32.45% Allan G. McCallum

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,568 Votes: 9,634 Participation: 83.28% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1938
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31610(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/3 4,953 51.41% +1,369 Loser:
CCF
 3,584 37.20% Clarence Stork

Service: 6 years 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,000 Votes: 8,900 Participation: 63.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31664(F) — 6 May 2023 19:30 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LIB
 2/3 3,123 35.09% -1,633 Winner:
CCF
 4,756 53.44% Harry Gibbs

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Taggart, James Gordon (1892-1974)		 27 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Taggart, James Gordon 1892 – 1974 (p. 37)		 27 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Gordon Taggart		 27 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Mar 2024 22:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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