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♂ William Douglas
aliasWilliam Douglas
Record
16784 · 10737

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 1 3
Birth c. 1840 → 184 years ago
Lived ± 60 years
First mandate 26 April 1886 → 138 years + 1 day ago
↳ at age ± 46 years
Death c. 29 April 1900 → 123 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death ± 7 years + 6 months after 21 October 1892
Special notes
Date of birth and death is an educated guess.
 

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 6 6 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas Cottrell  m 
⊖ George F. Hibbard  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John McAdam  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Russell  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Joseph Donald  m 
⊖ James E. Lynott  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Mitchell  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,797 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 14
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
1 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32045(F) — 5 Aug 2023 22:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±42
CONS
 5/14 779 35.43% -60 Winner:
IND
 839 38.15% George F. Hibbard
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,394 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
26		 New Brunswick
26 April 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32077(F) — 5 Aug 2023 22:29 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±46
CONS
 1/7 1,597 76.08% +473 Loser:
IND
 1,124 53.55% James E. Lynott

Service: 3 years 8 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 New Brunswick
12 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32101(F) — 5 Aug 2023 22:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±50
CONS
 2/4 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 9 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,498 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
22 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32122(F) — 5 Sep 2023 10:47 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±52		 Successor:
LIB
 2,090 61.93% George F. Hill

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Douglas		 05 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Douglas (Canadian politician)		 05 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 22:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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