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♂ Vernon R. Briggs
aliasVernon R. Briggs
Record
7223 · 10790

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
New Brunswick 2 1 3
Total 2 2 4
Birth 28 February 1899 → 125 years + 2 months ago
Lived 71 years + 3 months
First mandate 28 August 1944 → 79 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 6 months
Death 1 June 1970 → 53 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 8 months after 21 September 1952
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 8 0 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
6 documented challengers
⊖ J. Stewart Brooks  m 
⊖ Michael F. McCluskey  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick W. Pirie  m 
 		 ⊖ Theodore E. Duffie  m 
⊖ Gage W. Montgomery  m 
⊖ Walter V. Powers  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,460 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
40		 New Brunswick
28 August 1944
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32421(F) — 12 Feb 2022 14:01 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 2/6 3,172 50.91% +809 Loser:
PC
 2,363 37.93% W.E. Kennedy

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,460 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
41		 New Brunswick
28 June 1948
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32441(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 2/5 3,602 53.52% +754 Loser:
PC
 2,848 42.32% T.W. Tomlinson

Service: 4 years 2 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,638 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
42		 New Brunswick
22 September 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32459(F) — 12 Feb 2022 14:12 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LIB
 4/5 2,234 32.76% -1,453 Winner:
PC
 3,687 54.07% J. Stewart Brooks
Eligible: 21,907 Votes: 17,826 Participation: 81.37% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 New Brunswick
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24280(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
59
LIB
 2/3 6,483 36.37% -4,209 Winner:
PC
 10,692 59.98% Gage W. Montgomery

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Vernon Ralph Briggs		 28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Vernon R. Briggs		 28 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jul 2023 20:28 (but data presented dynamically)

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