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♂ Paul C. Mersereau
aliasPaul C. Mersereau
Record
43081 · 10703

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 1 3
Birth 10 February 1903 → 121 years + 2 months ago
Lived ± 71 years
First mandate 22 September 1952 → 71 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 7 months
Death c. 1975 → 49 years ago
Exit → Death ± 14 years + 6 months after 26 June 1960
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 7 9 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ William R. Duffie  m 
⊖ Gordon R. Lawson  m 
⊖ Frederic A. McGrand  m 
 		 ⊖ Paul F. Fearon  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ R. Lee MacFarlane  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,679 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
42		 New Brunswick
22 September 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32458(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
PC
 1/6 2,242 51.66% +237 Loser:
LIB
 2,005 46.20% Frederic A. McGrand

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,375 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
43		 New Brunswick
18 June 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32475(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 2/4 2,382 50.81% +83 Loser:
LIB
 2,299 49.04% Gordon Moore

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,034 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
44		 New Brunswick
27 June 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32492(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
PC
 3/4 2,649 40.65% -1,127 Winner:
LIB
 3,776 57.94% R. Lee MacFarlane

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Paul Caleb Mersereau		 02 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Paul Mersereau (politician)		 02 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Sep 2023 16:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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