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♂ Peter John Veniot
aliasPeter Veniot
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 85%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
New Brunswick 7 2 9
Total 11 2 13
Birth 4 October 1863 → 160 years + 6 months ago
Lived 72 years + 9 months
First mandate 5 November 1894 → 129 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 1 month
Death 6 July 1936 → 87 years + 9 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Peter John Veniot (1863–1936)
© Photo 1936 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Clarence J. Veniot (1886–1977) Son  
 
Well that's interesting!
A Liberal, Veniot was the first Acadian premier of New Brunswick, from 1923 to 1925. After losing the premiership in 1925 to John Baxter, he won the federal seat for Gloucester in the 1926 general election, dying in office 10 years later at the age of 72.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 8 22
New Brunswick 14 3 16 Z
TOTAL 24 0 8

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 35
LIB
 1 Premier 59–61 28 Feb 1923 — 09 Aug 1925 2 5 12
2. NB 35–36
LIB
 1 Party leader 59–62 28 Feb 1923 — 15 Jul 1926 3 4 17
3. NB 36
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 61–62 10 Aug 1925 — 15 Jul 1926 0 11 5
4. CA 16
LIB
 1 Minister 62–66 25 Sep 1926 — 06 Aug 1930 3 10 12
 4. Post Office

Electoral history

Races 13  
Path points 16  
15 documented challengers
⊖ Théotime Blanchard  m 
⊖ J. André Doucet  m 
⊖ Séraphin R. Léger  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Prosper-Élisée Paulin  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Albany M. Robichaud  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Martin J. Robichaud  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Albert J.H. Stewart  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick T.B. Young  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James P. Byrne  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ J. Benoît Hachey  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John P. Lordon  m 
⊖ Joseph A. Poirier  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Jean George Robichaud  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Sievewright  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alfred J. Witzell  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,294 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
24 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32123(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
29
LIB
 3/4 1,243 39.50% -654 Winner:
CONS
 1,897 60.28% Théotime Blanchard
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,807 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
5 November 1894
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32138(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:43 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
LIB
 1/3 1,088 38.76% +194 Loser:
CONS
 894 31.85% Prosper-Élisée Paulin

Service: 10 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,726 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 New Brunswick
21 October 1895
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32144(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
LIB
 1/5 2,077 71.40% +431 Loser:
CONS
 1,646 56.58% Joseph A. Poirier

Service: 3 years 3 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32168(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/3 By acclamation
After his election:
15 Nov 1899 36
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 8 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,192 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
4 December 1899
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32181(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
36		 Successor:
IND
 1,180 36.97% John Young
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,140 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
20 June 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32250(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
48
LIB
 5/8 2,156 42.82% -740 Winner:
CONS
 2,896 57.52% Martin J. Robichaud
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,234 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
24 February 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32275(F) — 12 Feb 2022 00:47 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
53
LIB
 2/8 3,648 68.71% +1,931 Loser:
LIB
 1,717 32.34% Frederick T.B. Young
After his election:
5 Apr 1917 53
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
23 April 1917
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32289(F) — 14 Oct 2022 07:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 2/2 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 5 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,135 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
35		 New Brunswick
9 October 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32297(F) — 12 Feb 2022 01:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/8 5,647 68.17% +2,821 Loser:
LIB
 2,826 34.11% Frederick T.B. Young

Service: 4 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 55,220 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
36		 New Brunswick
10 August 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32323(F) — 12 Feb 2022 09:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
61
LIB
 1/8 7,755 56.18% +1,666 Loser:
CONS
 6,089 44.11% Joseph L. Ryan
After his election:
15 Jul 1926 62
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 11 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 18,222 Votes: 14,325 Participation: 78.61% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 New Brunswick
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22089(F) — 24 Jan 2022 21:32 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
62
LIB
 1/2 7,992 55.79% +1,659 Loser:
LC
 6,333 44.21% Joseph S. Dumas
After his election:
5 Oct 1926 63
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 18,222 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
16		 New Brunswick
2 November 1926
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 22284(F) — 11 Oct 2022 20:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 8 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
36		 New Brunswick
17 December 1926
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32348(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Clovis-Thomas Richard
Eligible: 18,204 Votes: 15,176 Participation: 83.37% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 New Brunswick
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22363(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
LIB
 1/2 7,716 50.84% +256 Loser:
LC
 7,460 49.16% Albany M. Robichaud

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,442 Votes: 15,763 Participation: 77.11% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 New Brunswick
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22635(F) — 25 Jan 2022 21:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
72
LIB
 1/3 11,816 74.96% +8,854 Loser:
LC
 2,962 18.79% Albany M. Robichaud
After his election:
6 Jul 1936 72
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 8 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,442 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
18		 New Brunswick
17 August 1936
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22837(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
72		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Clarence J. Veniot

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Peter John Veniot		 11 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Veniot, Peter John		 11 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Peter John Veniot, P.C., M.P.		 11 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Peter John Veniot, C.P., député		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Peter Veniot		 11 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Peter Veniot		 11 Apr 2024

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