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♂ Thomas Lawson
aliasThomas Lawson
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
New Brunswick 1 2 3
Total 1 3 4
Birth c. 1863 → 161 years ago
Lived ± 43 years
First mandate 18 February 1899 → 125 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age ± 36 years
Death c. 1906 → 118 years ago
Exit → Death ± 2 years + 10 months after 27 February 1903
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 0 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
7 documented challengers
⊖ George T. Baird  m 
⊖ James Burgess  m 
⊖ John Costigan  m 
⊖ John F. Tweeddale  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Adam J. Beveridge  m 
⊖ Titus J. Carter  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James E. Porter  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,159 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 New Brunswick
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19757(F) — 14 Jun 2023 23:14 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±28
LIB
 2/2 732 33.90% -695 Winner:
LC
 1,427 66.10% John Costigan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,189 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
22 October 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32133(F) — 14 Jun 2023 23:14 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±29
IND
 2/3 362 30.45% -216 Winner:
CONS
 578 48.61% George T. Baird
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,550 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32178(F) — 14 Jun 2023 23:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±36
IND
 2/5 548 42.98% +44 Loser:
LIB
 504 39.53% John F. Tweeddale

Service: 4 years 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,851 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
31		 New Brunswick
28 February 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32205(F) — 14 Jun 2023 23:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±40
IND
 3/6 509 35.69% -84 Winner:
IND
 593 41.58% James Burgess

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Thomas Lawson		 21 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
30th New Brunswick Legislature		 21 Aug 2023

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