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♂ Walter S. Butler
aliasWalter S. Butler
Record
8557 · 10667

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 1 5
Birth 22 July 1823 → 200 years + 9 months ago
Lived 89 years + 9 months
First mandate 23 September 1867 → 156 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 2 months
Death 3 May 1913 → 110 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 11 months after 31 May 1882
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 12 6 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Robert T. Babbit  m 
⊖ Thomas T. Hetherington  m 
⊖ Francis Woods  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Gideon D. Bailey  m 
⊖ Ebenezer Williams  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
23 September 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35661(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 8 months 8 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
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
IND
 3/7 458 29.30% -337 Winner:
IND
 795 50.86% Robert T. Babbit
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,499 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
21 June 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32010(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
48
IND
 1/4 808 53.90% +253 Loser:
IND
 555 37.02% D. McMann

Service: 1 year 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,616 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 New Brunswick
12 June 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31991(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
IND
 1/4 1,112 61.50% +342 Loser:
IND
 770 42.59% Ebenezer Williams

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,341 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
24		 New Brunswick
22 June 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32030(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
IND
 1/6 857 51.29% +184 Loser:
LIB
 673 40.28% Thomas T. Hetherington

Service: 3 years 11 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,413 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
22 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32051(F) — 7 Sep 2023 06:37 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
LIB
 1,026 60.11% Albert Palmer

Online biographical reference

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Walter S. Butler		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 15:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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