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♂ Olivier-Maximin Melanson
aliasOlivier-Maximin Melanson
Record
42805 · 10956

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 3 3 6
Birth 2 July 1854 → 169 years + 9 months ago
Lived 72 years
First mandate 20 January 1890 → 134 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 6 months
Death 7 July 1926 → 97 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 4 months after 23 February 1917
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 11 5 13 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 33
CONS
 1 Speaker 61–62 09 Mar 1916 — 23 Feb 1917 0 11 14

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
16 documented challengers
⊖ Frank B. Black  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Daniel L. Hanington  m 
⊖ Amasa E. Killam  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Fred Magee  m 
⊖ Henry A. Powell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Clifford W. Robinson  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Henry T. Stevens  m 
⊖ Francis J. Sweeney  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Arthur B. Copp  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ William F. Humphrey  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Clément M. Léger  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Patrick G. Mahoney  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Ambroise D. Richard  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John W.Y. Smith  m 
⊖ Frederick W. Sumner  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ W. Woodbury Wells  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,051 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
27		 New Brunswick
20 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32113(F) — 16 Jun 2023 21:42 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
CONS
 1/6 4,338 91.08% +1,651 Loser:
CONS
 2,687 56.41% Amasa E. Killam

Service: 2 years 9 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 26,601 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
22 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32134(F) — 10 Feb 2022 22:11 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
38
CONS
 8/8 3,147 47.32% -174 Winner:
LIB
 3,321 49.94% W. Woodbury Wells
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,971 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32179(F) — 10 Feb 2022 22:36 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
44
CONS
 3/8 4,038 50.52% +52 Loser:
CONS
 3,986 49.87% Frank B. Black

Service: 4 years 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,448 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
31		 New Brunswick
28 February 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32206(F) — 16 Jun 2023 07:51 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
CONS
 7/8 3,523 47.85% -426 Winner:
LIB
 3,949 53.64% Clément M. Léger
Eligible: inc. Votes: 32,860 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
32		 New Brunswick
3 March 1908
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32232(F) — 16 Jun 2023 07:51 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
53
CONS
 8/8 3,790 46.14% -427 Winner:
LIB
 4,217 51.33% Clément M. Léger
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,962 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
20 June 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32261(F) — 16 Jun 2023 07:51 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
57
CONS
 4/8 3,436 52.93% +391 Loser:
LIB
 3,045 46.91% Arthur B. Copp

Service: 4 years 8 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,894 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
24 February 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32287(F) — 16 Jun 2023 07:51 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 3,487 53.86% Clément M. Léger

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Melanson, Olivier-Maximin		 24 Sep 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Melanson, Olivier-Maximin		 24 Sep 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Hon. Olivier Maximin Melanson		 24 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’hon. Olivier Maximin Melanson		 24 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Olivier-Maximin Melanson		 24 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Olivier-Maximin Melanson		 24 Sep 2023

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