# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-whitney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:46:55.991Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-whitney"
name: "James Whitney"
slug: "james-whitney"
description: "Sir James Pliny Whitney was a Canadian politician and lawyer in the province of Ontario. He served as Conservative member of the legislature for Dundas in Eastern Ontario from 1888 and as the sixth premier of Ontario from 1905 until his death in 1914. He is the only premier of Ontario to have died while in office."
tagline: "Canadian politician in Ontario"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesWhitney-Statue-Queen'sPark-Toronto.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1843-10-02"
deathDate: "1914-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.71
  momentum:             2.916666666666668
  historical:           6.343377333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitney"
    title: "James Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "جيمس ويتني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%89_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "جيمس ويتنى (محامى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitney"
    title: "James Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitney_(politician)"
    title: "James Whitney (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitney"
    title: "James Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitney"
    title: "James Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161488"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump