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♂ John Meahan
aliasJohn Meahan
Record
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Irish-Canadian    Roman Catholic   
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 1 May 1806 → 217 years + 11 months ago
Lived 91 years + 7 months
First mandate 9 June 1866 → 157 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 1 month
Death 6 December 1897 → 126 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 6 months after 31 May 1870
Special notes
None
 

No photo available
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 3 11 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Timothy W. Anglin  m 
⊖ Kennedy F. Burns  m 
⊖ John O'Brien  m 
⊖ Onésiphore Turgeon  m 
 		 ⊖ Théotime Blanchard  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Samuel H. Napier  m 
⊖ William Taylor  m 
⊖ Robert Young  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,608 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
9 June 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35642(F) — 9 Feb 2022 22:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
IND
 1/3 961 73.70% +261 Loser:
IND
 700 53.68% William Gordon

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,157 Votes: 1,732 Participation: 80.30% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 New Brunswick
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17587(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
61
IND
 2/2 671 38.74% -390 Winner:
LIB
 1,061 61.26% Timothy W. Anglin
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,584 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
27 June 1870
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31972(F) — 17 Jun 2023 09:25 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
IND
 4/7 451 34.91% -106 Winner:
CONS
 557 43.11% Théotime Blanchard
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,101 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 New Brunswick
8 June 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31987(F) — 10 Feb 2022 10:50 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
68
IND
 3/4 504 32.50% -458 Winner:
CONS
 962 62.02% Théotime Blanchard

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Meahan		 24 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Meahan		 24 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Dec 2023 19:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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