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♂ Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges
aliasHedley Bridges
Record
7180 · 10109

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
New Brunswick 1 2 3
Total 2 2 4
Birth 7 April 1902 → 122 years + 1 month ago
Lived 45 years + 4 months
First mandate 27 June 1935 → 88 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 2 months
Death 10 August 1947 → 76 years + 9 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges (1902–1947)
© Photo 1945 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
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
Canada 2 1 29
New Brunswick 4 4 23 Z
TOTAL 6 6 21

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 38
LIB
 1 Speaker 33–36 05 Mar 1936 — 09 Jan 1939 2 10 4
2. CA 20
LIB
 1 Minister 43–45 30 Aug 1945 — 10 Aug 1947 1 11 11
 2. Fisheries

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Henry Diotte  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J. Philibert LeBlanc  m 
⊖ David A. Stewart  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ W. Benton Evans  m 
⊖ J. Arthur Moore  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,927 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 New Brunswick
19 June 1930
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32359(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
28
LIB
 3/4 2,078 41.86% -811 Winner:
CONS
 2,889 58.20% W. Benton Evans
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,144 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 New Brunswick
19 June 1930
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32360(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
28
LIB
 3/4 4,363 48.09% -335 Winner:
CONS
 4,698 51.79% Henry Diotte
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,121 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32380(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LIB
 1/4 7,395 58.87% +2,208 Loser:
CONS
 5,187 41.29% David A. Stewart

Service: 4 years 4 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,697 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 New Brunswick
20 November 1939
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32397(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
37		 Successor:
CONS
 5,362 49.42% David A. Stewart
Eligible: 27,917 Votes: 22,455 Participation: 80.43% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 New Brunswick
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23180(F) — 27 Jan 2022 10:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 10,828 48.22% +875 Loser:
PC
 9,953 44.32% Ernest W. Sansom
After his election:
10 Aug 1947 45
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 1 month 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,917 Votes: 23,870 Participation: 85.50% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 New Brunswick
20 October 1947
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23371(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
45		 Successor:
LIB
 12,237 51.27% Milton F. Gregg

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Hon. Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges		 14 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’hon. Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges		 14 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges, P.C., M.P.		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges, C.P., député		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges		 14 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 16:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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