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♂ Edward Samuel Spencer
aliasEdward Spencer
Record
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Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 5 0 5
Birth 2 January 1893 → 131 years + 9 months ago
Lived 80 years + 5 months
1st mandate 27 May 1949 → 75 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 4 months
Death 17 June 1973 → 51 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 9 months after 7 September 1966
Special notes
None
 
Edward Samuel Spencer (1893–1973)
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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
Newfoundland and Labrador 17 3 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Grand Falls
Elig. 11,458 Votes: 8,650 Partic.: 75.49%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
29		 Newfoundland and Labrador
27 May 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26023(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 7,014 81.56% +5,428 Loser:
PC
 1,586 18.44% L.R. Cooper

Service: 2 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Grand Falls
Elig. 11,458 Votes: 7,679 Partic.: 67.02%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
30		 Newfoundland and Labrador
26 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26061(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 5,935 78.04% +4,265 Loser:
PC
 1,670 21.96% Noble Baird

Service: 4 years 10 months 5 days (Gov't)
Grand Falls
Elig. 6,320 Votes: 4,847 Partic.: 76.69%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
31		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26086(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/2 2,680 55.82% +559 Loser:
PC
 2,121 44.18% K.P. Griffin

Service: 2 years 10 months 17 days (Gov't)
Bonavista North
Elig. 6,502 Votes: 4,238 Partic.: 65.18%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Provincial
32		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 August 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26115(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
LIB
 1/3 3,399 80.51% +2,925 Loser:
PC
 474 11.23% Samuel C. King

Service: 3 years 2 months 29 days (Gov't)
Fogo
Elig. 5,363 Votes: 0 Partic.: n/a Can.: 1
Provincial
33		 Newfoundland and Labrador
19 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26156(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 9 months 19 days (Gov't)
Fogo
Elig. 6,058 Votes: 2,954 Partic.: 48.76% Can.: 2
Provincial
34		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14599(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
LIB
 2,150 73.33% Eric S. Jones

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Edward Samuel Spencer		  5 Oct 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edward Spencer (Canadian politician)		  5 Oct 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Oct 2024 14:28 (but data presented dynamically)

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