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♂ Edwin A. Vail
aliasEdwin A. Vail
Record
62613 · 10909

Anglican   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 3 3 6
Birth 19 August 1817 → 206 years + 8 months ago
Lived 67 years + 11 months
First mandate 2 July 1870 → 153 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 10 months
Death 31 July 1885 → 138 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 3 months + 16 days after 15 April 1885
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William B. Vail (1823–1904) Brother  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 10 8 21 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 22
IND
 1 Speaker 53–56 16 Feb 1871 — 31 May 1874 3 3 15

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
11 documented challengers
⊖ J. Herbert Crawford  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ John Flewelling  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Gideon McLeod  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Finnemore E. Morton  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George Otty  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick M. Sproule  m 
 		 ⊖ Gabriel H. Flewelling  m 
⊖ William P. Flewelling  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert E. McLeod  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James W. Nowlan  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ George Ryan  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,881 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
12 June 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35644(F) — 6 Aug 2023 18:52 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
IND
 4/6 1,144 38.65% -678 Winner:
CONF
 1,822 61.55% William P. Flewelling
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,505 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
19 October 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35668(F) — 13 Oct 2022 22:44 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
50
IND
 2/2 1,225 48.90% -55 Winner:
IND
 1,280 51.10% Gideon McLeod
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,152 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
2 July 1870
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31974(F) — 10 Feb 2022 10:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
52
IND
 1/7 1,572 65.94% +583 Loser:
LIB
 989 41.48% James W. Nowlan

Service: 3 years 10 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,273 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
23		 New Brunswick
20 June 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31989(F) — 1 Sep 2023 18:31 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
IND
 4/6 1,208 43.80% -389 Winner:
IND
 1,597 57.90% Robert E. McLeod
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,420 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
24		 New Brunswick
22 June 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32027(F) — 1 Sep 2023 18:31 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
60
IND
 2/9 1,399 49.84% +270 Loser:
IND
 1,129 40.22% Robert E. McLeod

Service: 3 years 11 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,778 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
1 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32048(F) — 3 Aug 2023 10:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
IND
 3/6 1,027 64.47% +300 Loser:
IND
 727 45.64% David Sinnott
After his election:
15 Apr 1885 67
IND
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 years 10 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,329 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
4 July 1885
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32073(F) — 1 Sep 2023 18:31 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
LIB
 1,887 56.68% William Pugsley

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Vail, Edwin Arnold		 29 Jul 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Vail, Edwin Arnold		 29 Jul 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Hon. Edwin Arnold Vail		 29 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’hon. Edwin Arnold Vail		 29 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Edwin Arnold Vail		 29 Jul 2023

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