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♂ James Thomas Milton Anderson
aliasJames Thomas Milton Anderson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 43%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Saskatchewan 3 2 5
Total 3 4 7
Birth 23 July 1878 → 145 years + 9 months ago
Lived 68 years + 5 months
First mandate 2 June 1925 → 98 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 10 months
Death 29 December 1946 → 77 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 6 months after 18 June 1934
Special notes
None
 
James Thomas Milton Anderson (1878–1946)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Fifth premier of Saskatchewan, Anderson was alleged to work closely with the Ku Klux Klan, a powerful organization in that province in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 8 11 25 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 5–8
CONS
 1 Party leader 45–58 25 Mar 1924 — 27 Oct 1936 12 7 2
2. SK 6
CONS
 1 Opposition Leader 47–50 03 Dec 1925 — 11 May 1929 3 5 8
3. SK 7
CONS
 1 Premier 51–55 09 Sep 1929 — 18 Jun 1934 4 9 9

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
13 documented challengers
⊖ Major James W. Coldwell  m 
⊖ John Evans  m 
⊖ Robert H. Hunter  m 
⊖ Howard McConnell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Archibald P. McNab  m 
⊖ Robert M. Pinder  m 
⊖ Alexander M. Young  m 
 		 ⊖ James W. Estey  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Robert P. Hassard  m 
⊖ Stephen N. MacEachern  m 
⊖ Charles W. McCool  m 
⊖ George W. Norman  m 
⊖ Harris Turner  m 
 
Eligible: 15,350 Votes: 22,155 Participation: 72.17% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31366(F) — 9 Mar 2022 13:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
46
CONS
 2/5 5,001 45.14% +751 Loser:
CONS
 4,250 38.36% George A. Cruise

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,118 Votes: 31,918 Participation: 75.57% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 CONS  9 Sep 1929
ID: 31487(F) — 29 Mar 2024 08:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
CONS
 2/4 9,668 60.58% +3,576 Loser:
LIB
 6,092 38.17% James W. Estey
After his election:
9 Sep 1929 51
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
10 Sep 1929 51
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 3 months 4 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 21,118 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
30 September 1929
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 31509(F) — 14 Oct 2022 20:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
51
CONS
 1/2 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 8 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,916 Votes: 38,394 Participation: 83.77% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31552(F) — 12 Oct 2021 22:00 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
55
CONS
 3/7 7,511 39.13% -1,159 Winner:
LIB
 8,670 45.16% George W. Norman
Eligible: 26,138 Votes: 19,234 Participation: 73.59% Candidacies: 5
Federal
18		 Saskatchewan
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22821(F) — 25 Jan 2022 22:51 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
57
LC
 2/5 5,859 30.46% -1,831 Winner:
LIB
 7,690 39.98% Alexander M. Young
Eligible: 24,739 Votes: 37,120 Participation: 75.02% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
9		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1938
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31607(F) — 28 Mar 2024 21:09 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
59
CONS
 3/7 5,006 26.97% -1,887 Winner:
LIB
 6,893 37.14% James W. Estey
Eligible: 18,813 Votes: 15,007 Participation: 79.77% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Saskatchewan
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23095(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
61
NATG
 3/3 2,381 15.87% -5,333 Winner:
CCF
 7,714 51.40% Major James W. Coldwell

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Anderson, James Thomas Milton (1878-1946)		 23 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Anderson, James Thomas Milton 1878 – 1946 (p. 1)		 23 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Thomas Milton Anderson		 23 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
James Thomas Milton Anderson		 23 Mar 2024

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