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♂ William A. Jeffries
Record
29809 · 10923

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ∑ ✓ ✗
New Brunswick 2 1 1
Birth 29 October 1875 → 148 years + 1 month ago
Lived 68 years + 9 months
First mandate 27 June 1935 → 88 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 59 years + 7 months
Death 13 August 1944 → 79 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 8 months after 19 November 1939
Special notes
No
 
Family link with other documented individuals
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 4 4 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Alfred J. Brooks  m 
⊖ Walter W.V. Foster  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Colin C. MacDonald  m 
⊖ Harry A. McMackin  m 
 		 ⊖ Jack H.A.L. Fairweather  m 
⊖ Elmer T. Kennedy  m 
⊖ Hugh Mackay  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,886 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
38		 New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32375(F) — 6 Aug 2023 10:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
59
LIB
 3/6 5,170 50.22% +72 Loser:
CONS
 5,098 49.52% Jack H.A.L. Fairweather

Service: 4 years 4 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,820 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 New Brunswick
20 November 1939
General
Plurality-at-large
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32392(F) — 14 Jun 2023 23:02 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
LIB
 6/6 4,675 45.51% -717 Winner:
CONS
 5,392 52.49% Harry A. McMackin

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Andrew Jeffries		 18 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
38th_New_Brunswick_Legislature		 18 Aug 2023

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