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♂ William H. Needham
aliasWilliam H. Needham
Record
45816 · 11024

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 1 4 5
Birth 9 December 1810 → 213 years + 5 months ago
Lived 63 years + 9 months
First mandate 30 November 1868 → 155 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 11 months
Death 29 September 1874 → 149 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 3 months after 31 May 1870
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 1 5 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
12 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas F. Barker  m 
⊖ Andrew Blair  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles Fisher  m 
⊖ George L. Hathaway  m 
⊖ John Pickard  m 
⊖ Alexander Thompson  m 
 		 ⊖ John A. Beckwith  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Hiram Dow  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John James Fraser  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles Macpherson  m 
⊖ Robert Robinson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick P. Thompson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,744 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
1 June 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35653(F) — 17 Jun 2023 09:32 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
IND
 6/6 990 36.86% -1,137 Winner:
CONF
 2,127 79.19% John A. Beckwith
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,783 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
2 October 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35662(F) — 10 Feb 2022 08:05 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
56
IND
 2/2 494 27.71% -795 Winner:
IND
 1,289 72.29% John Pickard
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,667 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
30 November 1868
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35676(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
57
IND
 1/2 1,189 71.33% +711 Loser:
IND
 478 28.67% ? Friel

Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,701 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 10
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
1 June 1870
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31983(F) — 2 Sep 2023 11:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
IND
 6/10 1,228 45.91% -296 Winner:
IND
 1,524 56.97% Charles Macpherson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,812 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
23		 New Brunswick
16 June 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31998(F) — 17 Sep 2021 20:51 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
63
IND
 6/8 1,292 40.34% -672 Winner:
IND
 1,964 61.32% Hiram Dow

Online biographical reference

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William Hayden Needham		  4 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Sep 2023 11:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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