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♂ Gale S. McLaughlin
aliasGale S. McLaughlin
Record
41972 · 10766

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 1 2 3
Birth 2 March 1933 → 91 years + 1 month ago
Lived 85 years + 3 months
First mandate 18 June 1956 → 67 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 23 years + 3 months
Death 12 June 2018 → 5 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 57 years + 11 months after 26 June 1960
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 0 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
9 documented challengers
⊖ Norman B. Buchanan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Lorne B. Groom  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Henry G. Irwin  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ R.D. Caldwell Stewart  m 
⊖ W. DeCosta Young  m 
 		 ⊖ C. Douglas Everett  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alfred H. Hawkins  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Leon G. Small  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Kenneth J. Webber  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,880 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
43		 New Brunswick
18 June 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32464(F) — 12 Feb 2022 14:17 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
23
PC
 4/9 6,199 54.05% +1,067 Loser:
LIB
 5,132 44.74% M.L. Kennedy

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,150 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
44		 New Brunswick
27 June 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32481(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
27
PC
 8/8 5,492 48.65% -216 Winner:
LIB
 5,708 50.57% Leon G. Small
Eligible: inc. Votes: 46,384 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
45		 New Brunswick
22 April 1963
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32501(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
30
PC
 8/8 5,584 48.15% -330 Winner:
LIB
 5,914 51.00% Leon G. Small

Online biographical reference

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Gale S. McLaughlin		 31 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 Aug 2023 22:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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