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♂ James O'Brien
aliasJames O'Brien
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 3 0 3
Birth 26 November 1834 → 189 years + 5 months ago
Lived 87 years + 7 months
First mandate 22 October 1892 → 131 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 10 months
Death 2 July 1922 → 101 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 4 months after 27 February 1903
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 10 4 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
8 documented challengers
⊖ John D. Chipman  m 
⊖ Ward C.H. Grimmer  m 
⊖ George F. Hill  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Russell  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ George J. Clarke  m 
⊖ Thomas A. Hartt  m 
⊖ James Mitchell  m 
⊖ William F. Todd  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,498 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
22 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32122(F) — 5 Sep 2023 10:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 2/8 2,224 65.90% +827 Loser:
CONS
 1,397 41.39% George Grimmer

Service: 2 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 New Brunswick
9 October 1895
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32143(F) — 5 Sep 2023 10:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 3/4 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 4 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,362 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32167(F) — 5 Sep 2023 10:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 4/8 2,438 53.10% +281 Loser:
CONS
 2,157 46.98% Ward C.H. Grimmer

Service: 4 years 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,138 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
31		 New Brunswick
28 February 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32194(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
68		 Successor:
LIB
 1,834 48.45% George F. Hill

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
James O'Brien		  5 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
James O'Brien (New Brunswick politician)		  5 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Sep 2023 10:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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