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♂ J. Leigh White
aliasJ. Leigh White
Record
64927 · 10781

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 1 2 3
Birth 29 January 1871 → 153 years + 2 months ago
Lived 70 years
First mandate 20 June 1912 → 111 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 4 months
Death 4 February 1941 → 83 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 11 months after 23 February 1917
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 8 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ James Burgess  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John W. Niles  m 
⊖ John F. Tweeddale  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Titus J. Carter  m 
⊖ Frederick W. Pirie  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,433 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
20 June 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32260(F) — 17 Jun 2023 10:26 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
IND
 1/4 1,208 54.49% +162 Loser:
LIB
 1,046 47.18% John F. Tweeddale

Service: 4 years 8 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,540 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
24 February 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32286(F) — 17 Jun 2023 10:26 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
IND
 4/4 902 39.74% -463 Winner:
LIB
 1,365 60.13% John F. Tweeddale
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,839 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 New Brunswick
19 June 1930
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32364(F) — 17 Jun 2023 10:26 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
59
IND
 3/4 2,425 49.29% -67 Winner:
LIB
 2,492 50.65% Frederick W. Pirie

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Jesse Leigh White		 30 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
33rd New Brunswick Legislature		 30 Jul 2023

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