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♂ George J. Clarke
aliasGeorge J. Clarke
Record
11372 · 10743

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 1 5
Birth 10 October 1857 → 166 years + 6 months ago
Lived 59 years + 4 months
First mandate 28 February 1903 → 121 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 45 years + 4 months
Death 26 February 1917 → 107 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 3 days 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 11 6 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 32–33
CONS
 1 Speaker 51–56 18 Mar 1909 — 22 Jan 1914 4 10 4
2. NB 33
CONS
 1 Minister 56–57 22 Jan 1914 — 16 Dec 1914 0 10 24
3. NB 33
CONS
 1 Premier 57–59 07 Dec 1914 — 31 Jan 1917 2 1 24
4. NB 33
CONS
 1 Party leader 57–59 07 Dec 1914 — 31 Jan 1917 2 1 24
 2. Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
10 documented challengers
⊖ John D. Chipman  m 
⊖ Ward C.H. Grimmer  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas A. Hartt  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ James O'Brien  m 
⊖ Henry I. Taylor  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Daniel Gillmor  m 
⊖ 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
41
CONS
 7/8 2,075 45.20% -363 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
45
CONS
 3/9 2,064 54.53% +326 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
50
CONS
 2/8 2,482 54.79% +386 Loser:
LIB
 2,096 46.27% George M. Byron

Service: 4 years 3 months 16 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
54
CONS
 2/8 2,678 62.01% +1,017 Loser:
LIB
 1,661 38.46% Harry W. Mann
After his election:
1 Feb 1914 56
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
56
CONS
 1/2 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
59		 Successor:
CONS
 2,451 55.68% Harry W. Smith

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Hon. George Johnson Clarke		 05 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’hon. George Johnson Clarke		 05 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
George Johnson Clarke		 05 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
George Johnson Clarke		 05 Sep 2023

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