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♂ Gerald Stairs Merrithew
aliasGerry Merrithew
Record
43068 · 459

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
New Brunswick 4 0 4
Total 6 0 6
Birth 23 September 1931 → 92 years + 8 months ago
Lived 72 years + 11 months
First mandate 11 December 1972 → 51 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 2 months
Death 5 September 2004 → 19 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 10 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
Gerald Stairs Merrithew (1931–2004)
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ A. Edison Stairs (1924–2010) Cousin  
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Saint John, New Brunswick (1971–1972)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 1 18
New Brunswick 11 6 15 Z
TOTAL 20 8 3

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister 52–54 17 Sep 1984 — 29 Jun 1986 1 9 12
2. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 54–56 30 Jun 1986 — 14 Sep 1988 2 2 15
3. CA 33–34
PC
 1 Minister 56–61 15 Sep 1988 — 03 Jan 1993 4 3 19
 1. Forestry [Agriculture]
 2. Forestry and Mines [Energy, Mines and Resources]
 3. Veterans Affairs

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Peter G. Trites  m 
 		 ⊖ James A. Webb  m 
 
Eligible: 12,439 Votes: 6,508 Participation: 52.32% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 New Brunswick
11 December 1972
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32572(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
PC
 1/3 3,408 52.37% +583 Loser:
LIB
 2,825 43.41% Gordon M. Foster

Service: 1 year 11 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,166 Votes: 6,887 Participation: 67.75% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 New Brunswick
18 November 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8498(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/3 3,537 51.65% +494 Loser:
LIB
 3,043 44.44% Robert N. Fry

Service: 3 years 11 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,629 Votes: 7,030 Participation: 60.45% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 New Brunswick
23 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8467(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/3 3,626 51.88% +1,406 Loser:
LIB
 2,220 31.76% George Creary

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,562 Votes: 8,906 Participation: 70.90% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1786(F) — 12 Feb 2022 16:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 4,246 47.93% +1,887 Loser:
LIB
 2,359 26.63% Brian F. Hurley
After his election:
30 Jun 1984 52
PC
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 8 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,622 Votes: 32,092 Participation: 67.39% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 New Brunswick
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3823(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
52
PC
 1/5 16,604 52.20% +8,495 Loser:
LIB
 8,109 25.49% Cliff Warner

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,480 Votes: 6,426 Participation: 51.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
26 November 1984
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10954(F) — 12 Feb 2022 16:20 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
NDP
 2,615 40.96% Peter G. Trites
Eligible: inc. Votes: 39,005 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
34		 New Brunswick
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3528(F) — 29 Jul 2023 21:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/6 16,798 43.07% +1,731 Loser:
LIB
 15,067 38.63% Joseph G. Boyce

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 58,510 Votes: 35,263 Participation: 60.27% Candidacies: 8
Federal
35		 New Brunswick
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3228(F) — 29 Jul 2023 21:56 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
PC
 15,123 43.32% Elsie E. Wayne

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Gerald Stairs Merrithew, P.C., C.D., M.P.		  5 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Gerald Stairs Merrithew, C.P., C.D., député		  5 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gerald Merrithew		  5 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 May 2024 21:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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