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♂ Edwin Gerald Allen
aliasEd Allen
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 3 1 4
Birth 8 March 1920 → 104 years + 2 months ago
Lived 80 years + 10 months
First mandate 23 October 1978 → 45 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 7 months
Death 10 January 2001 → 23 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 4 months after 10 September 1995
Special notes
None
 

Edwin Gerald Allen (1920–2001)
No image available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Michael Allen (1960–) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 12 11 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Richard S. DeSaulniers  m 
 		 ⊖ James E. Wilson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 13,851 Votes: 9,568 Participation: 69.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 New Brunswick
23 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8441(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
PC
 1/3 5,304 55.87% +1,776 Loser:
LIB
 3,528 37.16% Carl E. Howe

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,260 Votes: 10,787 Participation: 75.65% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1760(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/3 6,392 59.55% +3,008 Loser:
LIB
 3,384 31.53% Bob C. Chase

Service: 5 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,722 Votes: 11,544 Participation: 78.41% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
51		 New Brunswick
13 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1702(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
67
PC
 2/4 3,584 31.18% -3,083 Winner:
LIB
 6,667 58.01% James E. Wilson
Eligible: 15,162 Votes: 12,337 Participation: 81.37% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
52		 New Brunswick
23 September 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1639(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
71
COR
 1/4 6,052 49.29% +2,188 Loser:
LIB
 3,864 31.47% James E. Wilson

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,241 Votes: 8,714 Participation: 71.19% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
53		 New Brunswick
11 September 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 604(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
75		 Successor:
LIB
 4,235 48.93% James E. Wilson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Edwin Gerald "Ed" Allen		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edwin G. Allen		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 11:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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