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♂ P. Steven Porter
aliasP. Steven Porter
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 1 3
Birth 30 September 1945
Age 78 years + 7 months
First mandate 23 October 1978 → 45 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 33 years
 
Mandate ended 36 years + 7 months ago (12 October 1987)
Special notes
None
 

P. Steven Porter (1945– )
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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 8 11 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Arthur L. Slipp  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Bruce A. Smith  m 
 
Eligible: 5,700 Votes: 4,506 Participation: 79.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 New Brunswick
23 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8434(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
PC
 1/3 2,317 51.70% +541 Loser:
LIB
 1,776 39.63% Pat Saunders

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,942 Votes: 4,820 Participation: 81.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1753(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
PC
 1/3 2,811 58.61% +1,277 Loser:
LIB
 1,534 31.98% Stephen A.R. Paget

Service: 5 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,386 Votes: 5,432 Participation: 85.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 New Brunswick
13 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1695(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
PC
 2/3 2,032 37.67% -1,027 Winner:
LIB
 3,059 56.71% Bruce A. Smith

Online biographical reference

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EN Wikipedia
Steven Porter (Canadian politician)		  6 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Mar 2024 19:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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