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♂ Robert T. Babbit
aliasRobert T. Babbit
Record
2096 · 10664

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 0 2
Birth 27 September 1831 → 192 years + 7 months ago
Lived 69 years + 3 months
First mandate 5 June 1866 → 157 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 8 months
Death 9 January 1901 → 123 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 9 months after 15 March 1871
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 1 10 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Gideon D. Bailey  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Ferris  m 
 		 ⊖ Walter S. Butler  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,644 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
5 June 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35646(F) — 9 Feb 2022 22:37 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
IND
 2/4 1,150 63.12% +454 Loser:
IND
 696 38.20% Gideon D. Bailey
After his election:
1 Jul 1867 35
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,126 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
1 June 1870
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31976(F) — 10 Feb 2022 10:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
IND
 2/7 795 50.86% +337 Loser:
IND
 458 29.30% Walter S. Butler
After his election:
15 Mar 1871 39
IND
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 9 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,351 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
4 April 1871
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32007(F) — 8 Nov 2022 21:30 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
39		 Successor:
IND
 813 60.18% Ebenezer Williams

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Robert Thorne Babbit		 26 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Jul 2023 19:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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