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♂ James A. Smith
aliasJames A. Smith
Record
57575 · 9319

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 3 0 3
Birth c. 1869 → 155 years ago
Lived ± 87 years
First mandate 26 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 48 years
Death c. 1956 → 68 years ago
Exit → Death ± 26 years + 6 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 11 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 4,655 Votes: 3,514 Participation: 75.49% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31215(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±48
LIB
 1/2 2,416 68.75% +1,318 Loser:
CONS
 1,098 31.25% William C. Arnold

Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,436 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
5		 Saskatchewan
9 June 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31280(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±52
LIB
 1/3 1,590 46.27% +538 Loser:
IND
 1,052 30.62% Hugh W. Lindsay

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,986 Votes: 3,967 Participation: 66.27% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31358(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±56
LIB
 1/2 2,077 52.36% +187 Loser:
IND
 1,890 47.64% Samuel H. Potter

Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,520 Votes: 5,657 Participation: 86.76% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 31479(F) — 27 Oct 2023 20:38 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±60		 Successor:
LIB
 3,007 53.16% Charles M. Dunn

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Smith, James Arthur 1869 – 1956 (p. 34)		 17 Sep 2023

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