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♀ Margaret Isabel Rideout
aliasMargaret Isabel Rideout
Record
52605 · 6677

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
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Canada 2 1 3
Birth 16 June 1923 → 100 years + 10 months ago
Lived 86 years + 10 months
First mandate 9 November 1964 → 59 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 4 months
Death 12 May 2010 → 13 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 41 years + 10 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
Margaret Isabel Rideout (1923–2010)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ George S. Rideout (1945–) Son  
⊖ Sherwood H. Rideout (1917–1964) Spouse  
 
Well that's interesting!
Rideout was the widow of the Liberal MP for Westmorland, Sherwood. She won his seat in a by-election on November 9, 1964, thus becoming the first woman from New Brunswick elected to the Canadian Parlia­ment until her defeat in 1968. Twenty years later, George, Margaret and Sherwood's son, also won the seat which by then had been renamed Moncton.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 7 13

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles H. Thomas  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 37,106 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 New Brunswick
9 November 1964
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25028(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 20,401 54.98% +6,311 Loser:
PC
 14,090 37.97% J. Edward Murphy

Service: 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 41,801 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 New Brunswick
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25091(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 20,768 49.68% +5,678 Loser:
PC
 15,090 36.10% R.F. Robinson

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 35,867 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 New Brunswick
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9931(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
LIB
 2/4 15,013 41.86% -2,956 Winner:
PC
 17,969 50.10% Charles H. Thomas

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Margaret Isabel Rideout, M.P.		 16 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Margaret Isabel Rideout, députée		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Margaret Rideout		 16 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Margaret Rideout		 16 Mar 2024

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

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