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♂ James Smith Aitken
aliasJames Aitken
Record
347 · 9259

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 0 1
Birth 7 November 1881 → 142 years + 5 months ago
Lived 82 years + 8 months
First mandate 15 June 1944 → 79 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 62 years + 7 months
Death 29 July 1964 → 59 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 1 month after 23 June 1948
Special notes
None
 

James Smith Aitken (1881–1964)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 4 0 8 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles Agar  m 
 
 
Eligible: 7,299 Votes: 4,940 Participation: 67.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31637(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
62
CCF
 1/3 2,272 45.99% +497 Loser:
LIB
 1,775 35.93% Charles Agar

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,286 Votes: 6,320 Participation: 76.27% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
11		 Saskatchewan
24 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31690(F) — 20 Feb 2024 18:47 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
CCF
 2,417 38.24% Robert A. Walker

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
James Smith Aitken		 28 Apr 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Aitken, James Smith 1881 – 1964 (p. 1)		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Smith Aitken		 28 Apr 2024

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