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♂ Arthur Hill Gillmor
aliasArthur Gillmor
Record
23097 · 5209

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 63%
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Canada 5 2 7
New Brunswick 0 1 1
Total 5 3 8
Birth 12 March 1824 → 200 years + 2 months ago
Lived 79 years + 1 month
First mandate 22 January 1874 → 150 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 10 months
Death 13 April 1903 → 121 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 9 months after 22 June 1896
Special notes
None
 
Arthur Hill Gillmor (1824–1903)
© Photo 1875 William James Topley — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Daniel Gillmor (1849–1918) Son  
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. New Brunswick (1854–1866)
Canadian Senate New Brunswick (1900–1903) Died in office
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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 22 4 25

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
7 documented challengers
⊖ James W. Chandler  m 
⊖ Gilbert W. Ganong  m 
⊖ John McAdam  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Benjamin R. Stevenson  m 
 		 ⊖ John D. Chipman  m 
⊖ Francis Hibbard  m 
⊖ James G. Stevens  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,862 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
12 June 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35641(F) — 14 Jun 2023 20:57 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
42
CONS
 5/6 876 44.56% -621 Winner:
IND
 1,497 76.14% James W. Chandler
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,880 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 New Brunswick
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18481(F) — 24 Sep 2023 19:44 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 2/2 1,329 46.15% -222 Winner:
LC
 1,551 53.85% John McAdam
Eligible: 4,159 Votes: 2,740 Participation: 65.88% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 New Brunswick
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18713(F) — 28 Nov 2021 09:03 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 1,518 55.40% +296 Loser:
LC
 1,222 44.60% John McAdam

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,217 Votes: 2,881 Participation: 68.32% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 New Brunswick
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18999(F) — 28 Nov 2021 12:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 1,522 54.24% +238 Loser:
LC
 1,284 45.76% John McAdam

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,802 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 New Brunswick
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19195(F) — 12 Sep 2021 18:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 1,558 55.60% +314 Loser:
IND
 1,244 44.40% Benjamin R. Stevenson

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,703 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 New Brunswick
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19399(F) — 14 Jun 2023 19:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/2 1,892 51.09% +81 Loser:
CONS
 1,811 48.91% John D. Chipman

Service: 4 years 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,620 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 New Brunswick
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19747(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
LIB
 1/2 1,934 53.43% +248 Loser:
CONS
 1,686 46.57% Edward M. Lawson

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,434 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 New Brunswick
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20035(F) — 28 Nov 2021 19:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
72
LIB
 2/2 1,981 44.68% -472 Winner:
LC
 2,453 55.32% Gilbert W. Ganong

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Gillmor, Arthur Hill		  8 May 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Gillmor, Arthur Hill		  8 May 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Arthur Hill Gillmor, M.P., Senator		  8 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Arthur Hill Gillmor, député, sénateur		  8 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Hill Gillmor		  8 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
Arthur Hill Gillmor		  8 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 May 2024 14:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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