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♂ Ward C.H. Grimmer
aliasWard C.H. Grimmer
Record
24724 · 10742

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 5 1 6
Birth 31 October 1858 → 165 years + 5 months ago
Lived 86 years + 11 months
First mandate 28 February 1903 → 121 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 44 years + 3 months
Death 3 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 7 months after 23 February 1917
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 13 10 18 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 32–33
CONS
 1 Minister 52–55 16 Oct 1911 — 21 Jan 1914 2 3 5
 1. Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
10 documented challengers
⊖ John D. Chipman  m 
⊖ Daniel Gillmor  m 
⊖ Thomas A. Hartt  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ James O'Brien  m 
⊖ Henry I. Taylor  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ George J. Clarke  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Scott D. Guptill  m 
⊖ George F. Hill  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Russell  m 
⊖ William F. Todd  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,362 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32167(F) — 5 Sep 2023 10:47 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
CONS
 5/8 2,157 46.98% -281 Winner:
LIB
 2,438 53.10% James O'Brien
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,138 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
31		 New Brunswick
28 February 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32194(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
CONS
 2/9 2,075 54.82% +337 Loser:
LIB
 1,738 45.92% George M. Byron

Service: 5 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,121 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
32		 New Brunswick
3 March 1908
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32220(F) — 11 Feb 2022 12:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
CONS
 4/8 2,458 54.26% +362 Loser:
LIB
 2,096 46.27% George M. Byron
After his election:
20 Mar 1908 49
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
32		 New Brunswick
7 April 1908
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32235(F) — 13 Oct 2022 23:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 2 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,276 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
20 June 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32249(F) — 11 Feb 2022 22:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
CONS
 3/8 2,668 61.77% +1,007 Loser:
LIB
 1,661 38.46% Harry W. Mann
After his election:
1 Feb 1914 55
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 7 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
19 February 1914
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32266(F) — 13 Oct 2022 23:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
CONS
 2/2 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,606 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
24 February 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32274(F) — 16 Jun 2023 21:18 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
CONS
 2,451 55.68% Harry W. Smith

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
W.C.H. Grimmer		 09 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Aug 2023 16:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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