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♂ Austin C. Taylor
aliasAustin C. Taylor
Record
60259 · 10973

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 6 1 7
Birth 20 June 1893 → 130 years + 10 months ago
Lived 71 years + 6 months
First mandate 27 June 1935 → 88 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 42 years
Death 17 January 1965 → 59 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 6 months after 26 June 1960
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 24 11 25 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 42–43
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 59–63 22 Sep 1952 — 02 Jan 1957 4 3 11
2. NB 42–43
LIB
 1 Party leader 60–63 01 Jan 1954 — 02 Jan 1957 3 0 1

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
16 documented challengers
⊖ Frank H. Copp  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Donald C. Harper  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Antoine J. Léger  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J. Cléophas Léger  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J.T. Reid McManus  m 
⊖ Siméon B. Melanson  m 
⊖ Merville A. Oulton  m 
⊖ Medley G. Siddall  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Langton C. Dysart  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph E. LeBlanc  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Édouard S. Léger  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Edward R. McDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander W. McQueen  m 
⊖ Percy E. Mitton  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ferdinand-Joseph Robidoux  m 
⊖ Herbert M. Wood  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 54,896 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
37		 New Brunswick
19 June 1930
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32365(F) — 12 Feb 2022 10:32 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 6/8 6,819 49.69% -22 Winner:
CONS
 6,841 49.85% Antoine J. Léger
Eligible: inc. Votes: 68,178 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
38		 New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32385(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/8 10,558 61.94% +3,751 Loser:
CONS
 6,807 39.94% William M. Humphrey

Service: 4 years 4 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 67,333 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
39		 New Brunswick
20 November 1939
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32402(F) — 16 Jun 2023 19:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/8 9,999 59.40% +2,867 Loser:
CONS
 7,132 42.37% Carl C. Allen

Service: 4 years 9 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 72,685 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
40		 New Brunswick
28 August 1944
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32422(F) — 16 Jun 2023 19:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/12 9,465 52.09% +2,972 Loser:
PC
 6,493 35.73% Charles Cass

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 78,058 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 11
Provincial
41		 New Brunswick
28 June 1948
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32442(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/11 13,203 67.66% +8,060 Loser:
PC
 5,143 26.35% J. Lawrence Black

Service: 4 years 2 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 86,204 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
42		 New Brunswick
22 September 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32460(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/12 11,829 54.89% +2,831 Loser:
PC
 8,998 41.75% Robert S. Black

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 80,614 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
43		 New Brunswick
18 June 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32477(F) — 12 Feb 2022 14:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
62
LIB
 1/8 11,159 55.37% +2,012 Loser:
PC
 9,147 45.39% Aurèle Young

Service: 4 years 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 83,971 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
44		 New Brunswick
27 June 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32494(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
LIB
 11,759 56.01% J. Cléophas Léger

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Austin Claude Taylor		 10 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Austin Claude Taylor		 10 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Austin Claude Taylor		 10 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Austin Claude Taylor		 10 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Sep 2023 12:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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