Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Charles Maxwell Button
aliasMaxwell Button
Record
8579 · 5820

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 100%
 
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 0 2
Birth 5 August 1913 → 111 years + 2 months ago
Lived ± 70 years
1st mandate 27 May 1949 → 75 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 9 months
Death c. November 1983 → 40 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death ± 27 years + 1 month after 1 October 1956
Special notes
None
 
Charles Maxwell Button (1913–1983)
© Photo FindAGrave.com — Fair use
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 7 4 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
Ike Mercer  m 
 
James Reid  m 
 
Trinity South
Elig. 5,915 Votes: 4,232 Partic.: 71.55%
 !!! 
Can.: 2
Provincial
29
Newfoundland and Labrador
27 May 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26050(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
1/2 3,070 72.71% +1,918 Loser:
PC
1,152 27.29% Isaac Mercer

Service:
2 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Trinity South
Elig. 5,915 Votes: 3,556 Partic.: 60.12%
 !!! 
Can.: 3
Provincial
30
Newfoundland and Labrador
26 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26075(F) — 21 Oct 2023 12:24 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
1/3 2,630 74.46% +2,136 Loser:
PC
494 13.99% Edward Cranford

Service:
4 years 10 months 5 days (Gov't)
Trinity South
Elig. 5,806 Votes: 2,973 Partic.: 51.21% Can.: 2
Provincial
31
Newfoundland and Labrador
2 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26100(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43
Successor:
LIB
2,419 81.94% Samuel J. Hefferton

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Assembly of Newfoundland, Hansard transcript (21 December 1983)
 5 Oct 2024
EN Find a Grave
Charles Maxwell Button
 5 Oct 2024
EN Wikipedia
Maxwell Button
 5 Oct 2024


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