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♂ Alexander D. Dyas
aliasAlexander D. Dyas
Record
18007 · 10756

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 1 3
Birth 21 June 1886 → 137 years + 10 months ago
Lived 71 years + 8 months
First mandate 27 June 1935 → 88 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 49 years
Death 22 February 1958 → 66 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 5 months after 27 August 1944
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 9 1 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
12 documented challengers
⊖ Norman B. Buchanan  m 
⊖ George H.I. Cockburn  m 
⊖ Harry M. Groom  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Scott D. Guptill  m 
⊖ Vance R. Huntley  m 
⊖ Henry I. Taylor  m 
 		 ⊖ Foster G. Calder  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ C. Douglas Everett  m 
⊖ Lorne B. Groom  m 
⊖ James J. Hayes Doone  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ R. Fraser Keay  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ W. Leigh Williamson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,246 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
38		 New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32372(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 1/8 6,283 58.11% +1,569 Loser:
CONS
 4,714 43.60% Henry I. Taylor

Service: 4 years 4 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 40,032 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
39		 New Brunswick
20 November 1939
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32389(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 4/8 5,599 55.95% +1,175 Loser:
CONS
 4,424 44.20% Everett O. Thomas

Service: 4 years 9 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 39,106 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 11
Provincial
40		 New Brunswick
28 August 1944
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32409(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
LIB
 4,878 49.89% Owen B. Morse
Eligible: inc. Votes: 49,188 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
42		 New Brunswick
22 September 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32447(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
66
LIB
 8/8 5,645 45.91% -844 Winner:
PC
 6,489 52.77% Vance R. Huntley

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Alexander Dyas		 06 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Aug 2023 03:08 (but data presented dynamically)

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