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♂ Wesley H. Coffyn
aliasWesley H. Coffyn
Record
11804 · 10866

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 1 2 3
Birth 7 August 1878 → 145 years + 8 months ago
Lived 68 years + 3 months
First mandate 26 October 1931 → 92 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 2 months
Death 27 November 1946 → 77 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 5 months after 26 June 1935
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 3 7 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
8 documented challengers
⊖ J. André Doucet  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John P. Lordon  m 
⊖ Clovis-Thomas Richard  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alfred J. Witzell  m 
 		 ⊖ Séraphin R. Léger  m 
⊖ William A. Losier  m 
⊖ Martin J. Robichaud  m 
⊖ Frederick T.B. Young  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 56,300 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
37		 New Brunswick
19 June 1930
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32353(F) — 12 Feb 2022 10:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
51
CONS
 5/8 5,822 41.36% -2,446 Winner:
LIB
 8,268 58.74% Séraphin R. Léger
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,876 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 New Brunswick
26 October 1931
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32369(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
CONS
 1/2 7,485 50.32% +94 Loser:
LIB
 7,391 49.68% Frederick T.B. Young

Service: 3 years 8 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 67,941 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
38		 New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32373(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
CONS
 5/8 4,861 28.62% -7,341 Winner:
LIB
 12,202 71.84% William A. Losier

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Wesley H. Coffyn		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 18:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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