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♂ W. Woodbury Wells
aliasW. Woodbury Wells
Record
64591 · 10959

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 3 0 3
Birth c. 1860 → 164 years ago
Lived ± 41 years
First mandate 22 October 1892 → 131 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 32 years
Death 5 January 1901 → 123 years + 3 months ago
Died in office Yes
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 8 2 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
10 documented challengers
⊖ Frank B. Black  m 
⊖ William F. Humphrey  m 
⊖ Olivier-Maximin Melanson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ambroise D. Richard  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John W.Y. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur B. Copp  m 
⊖ Amasa E. Killam  m 
⊖ Henry A. Powell  m 
⊖ Clifford W. Robinson  m 
⊖ Frederick W. Sumner  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±32
LIB
 4/8 3,321 49.94% +4 Loser:
CONS
 3,317 49.88% Ambroise D. Richard

Service: 2 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 New Brunswick
9 October 1895
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32155(F) — 10 Feb 2022 22:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±35
LIB
 1/4 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 4 months 8 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±39
LIB
 4/8 4,022 50.32% +36 Loser:
CONS
 3,986 49.87% Frank B. Black
After his election:
5 Jan 1901 ±41
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 10 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
14 February 1901
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32189(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
±41		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Arthur B. Copp

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
W. Woodbury Wells		 30 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jul 2023 08:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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