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♂ Allan A. Davidson
aliasAllan A. Davidson
Record
14497 · 10991

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 1 3
Birth 12 November 1818 → 205 years + 6 months ago
Lived 71 years
First mandate 13 June 1874 → 149 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 7 months
Death 13 November 1889 → 134 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 5 months after 31 May 1882
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Allan A. Davidson (1857–1934) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 7 11 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Michael Adams  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Jacob C. Gough  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William M. Kelly  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Swim  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Thomas F. Gillespie  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ D.A. Ernest Hutchison  m 
⊖ Richard Sutton  m 
⊖ Lemuel J. Tweedie  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,497 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
29 June 1870
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31975(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
51
CONS
 5/7 757 46.61% -145 Winner:
CONS
 902 55.54% Thomas F. Gillespie
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,484 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
23		 New Brunswick
13 June 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31990(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
CONS
 3/7 1,310 61.76% +189 Loser:
CONS
 1,121 52.85% Michael Adams

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,625 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
24		 New Brunswick
8 June 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32029(F) — 10 Feb 2022 12:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
CONS
 4/7 1,150 60.34% +226 Loser:
LIB
 924 48.48% Lemuel J. Tweedie

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,805 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
22 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32050(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LIB
 893 52.50% John P. Burchill

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Dictionary of Miramichi Biography, Davidson, Allan Alexander Sr (1818-1889)		  5 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Allan A. Davidson		  5 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 09:07 (but data presented dynamically)

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