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♂ John S. Covert
aliasJohn S. Covert
Record
13116 · 10688

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 0 4
Birth c. 1829 → 195 years ago
Lived ± 52 years
First mandate 22 September 1868 → 155 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 39 years
Death 3 March 1881 → 143 years + 1 month ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 12 3 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Archibald Harrison  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ William E. Perley  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 136 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
22 September 1868
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35674(F) — 2 Aug 2023 22:48 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±39
CONS
 1/2 135 99.26% +134 Loser:
CONS
 1 0.74% Archibald Harrison

Service: 1 year 8 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,141 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
21 June 1870
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31980(F) — 2 Aug 2023 22:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±41
LIB
 2/4 559 52.19% +5 Loser:
CONS
 554 51.73% William E. Perley

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,945 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
23		 New Brunswick
23 June 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31995(F) — 2 Aug 2023 22:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±45
LIB
 2/5 510 52.42% +108 Loser:
IND
 402 41.32% Aaron Kelly

Service: 3 years 11 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
24		 New Brunswick
1 June 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32034(F) — 2 Aug 2023 22:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±49
LIB
 2/2 By acclamation
After his election:
3 Mar 1881 ±52
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 924 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
24		 New Brunswick
6 April 1881
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32042(F) — 17 Jun 2023 10:32 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
±52		 Successor:
CONS
 577 62.45% James S. White

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Sterling Covert		 02 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John S. Covert		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 22:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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