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♂ Silas Alward
aliasSilas Alward
Record
760 · 10606

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 1 5
Birth 14 April 1841 → 183 years ago
Lived 78 years + 1 month
First mandate 8 March 1887 → 137 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 45 years + 10 months
Death 12 June 1919 → 104 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 3 months after 17 February 1899
Special notes
None
 

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
New Brunswick 11 11 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Charles B. Lockhart  m 
⊖ Daniel S. Purdy  m 
⊖ William Shaw  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alfred A. Stockton  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Harrison A. McKeown  m 
⊖ George Robertson  m 
⊖ Albert C. Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
26		 New Brunswick
8 March 1887
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32091(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 10 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,385 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 New Brunswick
20 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32109(F) — 16 Jun 2023 21:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/4 4,129 57.40% +1,005 Loser:
IND
 3,124 43.43% Henry Thorne

Service: 2 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,370 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
22 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32130(F) — 16 Jun 2023 21:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 4/7 3,334 62.40% +705 Loser:
IND
 2,629 49.20% Arthur Trueman

Service: 2 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 New Brunswick
9 October 1895
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32151(F) — 16 Jun 2023 21:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/4 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 4 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 28,966 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32175(F) — 15 Sep 2021 21:55 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LIB
 8/8 3,338 46.09% -269 Winner:
CONS
 3,607 49.81% William Shaw

Online biographical reference

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Silas Alward		 26 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Jul 2023 12:28 (but data presented dynamically)

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