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♂ James Andrew Darling
aliasJames Andrew Darling
Record
14416 · 9331

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 4 0 4
Birth 21 May 1891 → 132 years + 11 months ago
Lived 88 years + 4 months
First mandate 15 June 1944 → 79 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 53 years
Death 18 October 1979 → 44 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 4 months after 7 June 1960
Special notes
None
 
James Andrew Darling (1891–1979)
© Photo Saskatchewan Archives via The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina — Public domain
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 15 11 19 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 13
CCF
 1 Speaker 65–68 14 Feb 1957 — 04 May 1960 3 2 20

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Martin Kelln  m 
 		 ⊖ Frank S. Krenn  m 
 
Eligible: 8,528 Votes: 6,862 Participation: 80.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31671(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
CCF
 1/3 3,801 55.39% +1,489 Loser:
LIB
 2,312 33.69% Frank S. Krenn

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,051 Votes: 6,889 Participation: 76.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Saskatchewan
24 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31724(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
CCF
 1/3 2,968 43.08% +139 Loser:
LIB
 2,829 41.07% Andrew W. Michayluk

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,248 Votes: 6,158 Participation: 84.96% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1952
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31780(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
CCF
 1/3 3,292 53.46% +911 Loser:
LIB
 2,381 38.67% Alex W. Prociuk

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,172 Votes: 5,752 Participation: 80.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Saskatchewan
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31831(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
CCF
 1/3 2,734 47.53% +824 Loser:
LIB
 1,910 33.21% J. Earl Storey

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,630 Votes: 5,606 Participation: 84.56% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31881(F) — 25 Sep 2022 00:11 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
CCF
 2,444 43.60% Hans A. Broten

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Darling, James Andrew (1891-1979)		 23 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Darling, James Andrew 1891 – 1979 (p. 8)		 23 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Andrew Darling		 23 Mar 2024

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