Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Charles H. Blakeny
aliasCharles H. Blakeny
Record
5288 · 10716

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 75%
 
New Brunswick 3 1 4
Birth 2 December 1888 → 135 years + 5 months ago
Lived 72 years + 5 months
First mandate 27 June 1935 → 88 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 6 months
Death 23 May 1961 → 62 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 10 months after 27 June 1948
Special notes
None
 

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
New Brunswick 12 11 29 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 38
LIB
1 Speaker 50 16 Feb 1939 — 19 Nov 1939 0 9 3

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
Joseph W. Bourgeois  m 
Thomas Babbitt Parlee  m 
 
Claudius I. Léger  m 
E. Albert Reilly  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,737 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38
New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32377(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
1/2 5,241 53.83% +745 Loser:
CONS
4,496 46.17% E. Albert Reilly

Service:
4 years 4 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,950 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39
New Brunswick
20 November 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32394(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
1/2 4,572 57.51% +1,194 Loser:
CONS
3,378 42.49% Ambrose Wheeler

Service:
4 years 9 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,238 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40
New Brunswick
28 August 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32414(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
1/3 4,420 39.33% +434 Loser:
PC
3,986 35.47% Angus G. Gunn

Service:
3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 23,691 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
41
New Brunswick
28 June 1948
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32434(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59
Successor:
LIB
6,190 52.25% Claudius I. Léger
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,200 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
42
New Brunswick
22 September 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32452(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
63
LIB
4/6 6,079 44.70% -758 Winner:
PC
6,837 50.27% Joseph W. Bourgeois

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Hon. Charles H. Blakeny
28 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’hon. Charles H. Blakeny
28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Charles Blakeney (Canadian politician)
28 Jul 2023


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jul 2023 10:54 (but data presented dynamically)