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♂ W. Leigh Williamson
aliasW. Leigh Williamson
Record
65449 · 10761

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 1 1 2
Birth 11 May 1909 → 114 years + 11 months ago
Lived 60 years + 6 months
First mandate 28 June 1948 → 75 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 1 month
Death 3 December 1969 → 54 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 2 months after 21 September 1952
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 4 2 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Hugh S. Balkam  m 
⊖ Alexander D. Dyas  m 
⊖ Lorne B. Groom  m 
⊖ Vance R. Huntley  m 
 		 ⊖ Norman B. Buchanan  m 
⊖ C. Douglas Everett  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James J. Hayes Doone  m 
⊖ Owen B. Morse  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 44,637 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
41		 New Brunswick
28 June 1948
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32429(F) — 12 Feb 2022 14:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 2/8 6,479 58.06% +1,706 Loser:
PC
 4,773 42.77% Joseph Flewelling

Service: 4 years 2 months 24 days (Gov't)
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
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LIB
 5/8 5,825 47.37% -664 Winner:
PC
 6,489 52.77% Vance R. Huntley

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Leigh Williamson		 30 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jul 2023 14:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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