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♂ Fred Somers
aliasFred Somers
Record
57977 · 10834

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 1 3
Birth 5 January 1912 → 112 years + 3 months ago
Lived 69 years + 10 months
First mandate 22 September 1952 → 71 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 8 months
Death 17 November 1981 → 42 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 4 months after 26 June 1960
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 7 9 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Jean-Baptiste D'Astous  m 
⊖ Georges L. Dumont  m 
⊖ Louis A. LeBel  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Douglas B. Pettigrew  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Raymond D. Doucett  m 
⊖ Patrick Guérette  m 
⊖ Samuel E. Mooers  m 
⊖ Roger J.E. Pichette  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,554 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
42		 New Brunswick
22 September 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32455(F) — 15 Jun 2023 08:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
PC
 3/6 7,188 50.67% +148 Loser:
LIB
 7,040 49.63% Louis A. LeBel

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 38,358 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
43		 New Brunswick
18 June 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32472(F) — 15 Jun 2023 08:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 2/5 8,402 65.71% +1,921 Loser:
LIB
 6,481 50.69% J.H. Allard

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,861 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
44		 New Brunswick
27 June 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32489(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 8,956 58.59% John D. Alexander
Eligible: inc. Votes: 44,843 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
45		 New Brunswick
22 April 1963
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32509(F) — 12 Feb 2022 14:53 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
51
PC
 6/6 7,286 48.74% -321 Winner:
LIB
 7,607 50.89% Georges L. Dumont

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Fred Somers		 03 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Fred Somers		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Sep 2023 09:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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