♂ James E. Robertson ♦
 Baptist |
Record 53067 · 5401 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 67%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 8 October 1840 (183 years 6 months ago) |
30 October 1915 (108 years 5 months ago) |
75 years | No |
Service in elected office
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Electoral history
| → 6 recorded electoral participations → 8 electoral path points |
→ 7 documented challengers: |
Augustine C. Macdonald m (3 runoffs) Malcolm McFadyen m (3 runoffs) Peter A. McIntyre m (3 runoffs) John McLean m Ephraim B. Muttart m (2 runoffs) William A. Poole m (2 runoffs) Samuel Prowse m (3 runoffs) |
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| Provincial Ass.: 27 |
Prince Edward Island | Kings 4th | |||||||
| 17 August 1876 | Age: 35 |
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 2/3 | FREE | 67.23% | 595 of 1,770 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | FREE | 60.79% | 538 (-57) | Malcolm McFadyen m ( 38 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 1 March 1878 > | ?? | FREE | → | CONS | |||||
| 1 March 1878 > | ?? | FREE | → | LIB | Changed allegiance | ||||
| ID: 26461(F) — 12 Jul 2023 12:07 ET | Service: 2 years 7 months 22 days (G & O) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 28 |
Prince Edward Island | Kings 4th | |||||||
| 9 April 1879 | Age: 38 |
Defeated incumbent | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 4/4 | LIB | 40.90% | 344 of 1,682 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | LC | 61.47% | 517 (+173) | Samuel Prowse m ( 43 ) | |||||
| ID: 26476(F) — 6 Jan 2023 15:50 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 29 |
Prince Edward Island | Kings 4th | |||||||
| 8 May 1882 | Age: 41 |
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 2/4 | LIB | 54.13% | 596 of 2,202 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | LC | 48.14% | 530 (-66) | Samuel Prowse m ( 46 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 20 June 1882 > | ?? | LIB | → | Vac. | Resigned: Successfully ran federally | ||||
| ID: 26491(F) — 6 Jan 2023 15:49 ET | Service: 0 year 1 month 12 days (Oppo.) | Exit from legislature → | |||||||
| Federal Ass.: 5 |
Prince Edward Island | King's County | |||||||
| 20 June 1882 | Age: 41 |
→ New to Parliament | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 2/4 | LIB | 50.54% | 2,002 of 7,921 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | LC | 49.00% | 1,941 (-61) | Augustine C. Macdonald m ( 44 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 26 April 1883 > | ?? | LIB | → | Vac. | Election cancelled/Unseated | ||||
| ID: 19312(F) — 21 Jan 2022 22:18 ET | Service: 0 year 10 months 6 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 29 |
Prince Edward Island | Kings 4th | |||||||
| 31 July 1882 | Age: 41 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | |||||||
| By-Election | |||||||||
| Successor > | CONS | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Samuel Prowse m ( 46 ) | |||||
| ID: 26616(F) — 12 Nov 2022 23:58 ET | |||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 5 |
Prince Edward Island | King's County | |||||||
| 26 April 1883 | Age: 42 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | |||||||
| By-Election | |||||||||
| Successor > | LC | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Augustine C. Macdonald m ( 45 ) | |||||
| ID: 19646(F) — 4 Sep 2022 19:14 ET | |||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 6 |
Prince Edward Island | King's County | |||||||
| 22 February 1887 | Age: 46 |
→ Returned to Parliament after hiatus | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | LIB | 50.61% | 2,434 of 9,618 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 49.86% | 2,398 (-36) | Augustine C. Macdonald m ( 49 ) | |||||
| ID: 19520(F) — 4 Sep 2022 19:17 ET | Service: 4 years 0 month 10 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 7 |
Prince Edward Island | King's County | |||||||
| 5 March 1891 | Age: 50 |
Defeated incumbent | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 4/4 | LIB | 46.52% | 2,276 of 9,783 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | CONS | 53.64% | 2,624 (+348) | John McLean m ( 44 ) | |||||
| ID: 19872(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET | |||||||||
| → 5 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.]): Robertson, M.D., Honourable James Edwin | 22 Dec 2023 |
| EN | Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo): The Hon. James Edwin Robertson, M.P., Senator | 22 Dec 2023 |
| FR | Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo): L'hon. James Edwin Robertson, député, sénateur | 22 Dec 2023 |
| EN | UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly: James Edwin Robertson | 22 Dec 2023 |
| EN | Wikipedia: James Edwin Robertson | 22 Dec 2023 |
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