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♂ John E. Rigby
aliasJohn E. Rigby
Record
52650 · 10770

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 0 2
Birth 20 July 1923 → 100 years + 9 months ago
Lived 49 years + 1 month
First mandate 13 October 1967 → 56 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 2 months
Death 8 September 1972 → 51 years + 7 months ago
Died in office Yes
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 4 10 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ G. William N. Cockburn  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Leland W. McGaw  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ W. DeCosta Young  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Alfred H. Hawkins  m 
⊖ Kenneth J. Webber  m 
 
Eligible: 13,635 Votes: 43,970 Participation: 84.71% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
46		 New Brunswick
13 October 1967
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32522(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
PC
 1/8 5,835 53.08% +478 Loser:
LIB
 5,357 48.73% Arthur Giddins

Service: 3 years 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,988 Votes: 42,096 Participation: 83.65% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
47		 New Brunswick
26 October 1970
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32550(F) — 29 Dec 2022 15:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 2/9 6,028 57.28% +1,390 Loser:
LIB
 4,638 44.07% Robert W. Brown
After his election:
8 Sep 1972 49
PC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,988 Votes: 9,239 Participation: 66.05% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 New Brunswick
11 December 1972
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32571(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
49		 Successor:
PC
 5,037 54.52% James N. Tucker

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John E. Rigby		 08 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Sep 2023 03:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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