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♂ John B. McNair
aliasJohn B. McNair
Record
42398 · 10788

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 2 6
Birth 20 November 1889 → 134 years + 5 months ago
Lived 78 years + 6 months
First mandate 27 June 1935 → 88 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 7 months
Death 14 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 8 months after 21 September 1952
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 17 0 18 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 38–41
LIB
 1 Minister 45–62 16 Jul 1935 — 21 Sep 1952 17 2 5
2. NB 39–41
LIB
 1 Premier 50–62 13 Mar 1940 — 21 Sep 1952 12 6 8
3. NB 39–42
LIB
 1 Party leader 50–64 13 Mar 1940 — 31 Dec 1953 13 9 18
 1. Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
17 documented challengers
⊖ Harry Ames  m 
⊖ Harry A. Corey  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Stewart E. Durling  m 
⊖ Harry C. Greenlaw  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Marcus L. Jewett  m 
⊖ Arthur J. McEvoy  m 
⊖ J. Rutherford Messer  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ A. Edison Stairs  m 
⊖ William J. West  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Donald T. Cochrane  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Benjamin H. Dougan  m 
⊖ C. Hedley Forbes  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ H. Ralph Gunter  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ C. Weldon Lawrence  m 
⊖ John F. McInerney  m 
⊖ Charles Price  m 
⊖ Ernest W. Stairs  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 65,098 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
38		 New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32386(F) — 6 Aug 2023 20:20 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 1/8 9,035 55.51% +1,725 Loser:
CONS
 7,310 44.92% C. Hedley Forbes

Service: 4 years 4 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 68,970 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
39		 New Brunswick
20 November 1939
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32403(F) — 6 Aug 2023 20:20 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LIB
 5/8 8,435 48.92% -384 Winner:
CONS
 8,819 51.15% J. Rutherford Messer
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,292 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 New Brunswick
24 January 1940
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32404(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 3,436 64.93% +1,580 Loser:
CONS
 1,856 35.07% Thomas E. Walker

Service: 4 years 7 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 68,222 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
40		 New Brunswick
28 August 1944
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32423(F) — 6 Aug 2023 20:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
54
LIB
 1/12 7,986 46.82% +380 Loser:
PC
 7,606 44.59% C. Hedley Forbes

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 72,613 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
41		 New Brunswick
28 June 1948
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32443(F) — 14 Sep 2021 22:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
58
LIB
 1/12 10,736 59.14% +4,849 Loser:
PC
 5,887 32.43% William J. West

Service: 4 years 2 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 85,831 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
42		 New Brunswick
22 September 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32461(F) — 14 Sep 2021 22:01 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
62
LIB
 5/12 10,209 47.58% -153 Winner:
PC
 10,362 48.29% Harry Ames

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John B. McNair		 24 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
John Babbitt McNair		 24 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Oct 2023 16:57 (but data presented dynamically)

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