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♂ William J. Gilbert
aliasWilliam J. Gilbert
Record
22930 · 10938

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 0 3 3
Birth 30 March 1822 → 202 years + 1 month ago
Lived 67 years + 10 months
 
Death 16 February 1890 → 134 years + 2 months ago
 
Special notes
Always in Westmorland (New Brunswick) — Defeated in by-election on 28 December 1857 (18th assembly); elected in general election on 16 June 1861 (19th assembly), and re-elected in general election on 3 March 1865 (20th assembly).
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
9 documented challengers
⊖ Bliss Botsford  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Amand Landry  m 
⊖ Angus McQueen  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Acalus L. Palmer  m 
⊖ James Steadman  m 
 		 ⊖ Daniel L. Hanington  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Pierre-Amand Landry  m 
⊖ Joseph L. Moore  m 
⊖ Albert J. Smith  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,641 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
5 June 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35652(F) — 14 Jun 2023 22:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
IND
 7/8 1,321 41.80% -415 Winner:
IND
 1,736 54.94% Amand Landry
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,212 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 10
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
5 July 1870
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31982(F) — 14 Jun 2023 22:49 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
48
IND
 7/10 796 34.56% -386 Winner:
IND
 1,182 51.32% Joseph L. Moore
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,252 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
26 December 1870
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32004(F) — 14 Jun 2023 22:49 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
48
IND
 2/4 330 14.65% -1,028 Winner:
CONS
 1,358 60.30% Daniel L. Hanington

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William James Gilbert		 08 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
20th New Brunswick Legislature		 08 Aug 2023

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