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♂ Edward R. McDonald
aliasEdward R. McDonald
Record
40978 · 10975

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 1 2 3
Birth 24 September 1871 → 152 years + 7 months ago
Lived 80 years + 4 months
First mandate 27 June 1935 → 88 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 63 years + 9 months
Death 16 February 1952 → 72 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 2 months after 19 November 1939
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 4 4 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
16 documented challengers
⊖ James W. Brittain  m 
⊖ Frank H. Copp  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Langton C. Dysart  m 
⊖ S. Roy Kelly  m 
⊖ Édouard S. Léger  m 
⊖ Siméon B. Melanson  m 
⊖ W. Grant Smith  m 
⊖ Austin C. Taylor  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Robert H. Carlin  m 
⊖ Laurance T. Dow  m 
⊖ Harold B. Gault  m 
⊖ Antoine J. Léger  m 
⊖ Ralph G. McInerney  m 
⊖ Medley G. Siddall  m 
⊖ James S. Tait  m 
⊖ Herbert M. Wood  m 
 
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
63
LIB
 3/8 10,418 61.12% +3,611 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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
68		 Successor:
LIB
 9,593 56.99% Édouard S. Léger
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
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
72
CCF
 10/12 2,740 15.08% -6,173 Winner:
LIB
 8,913 49.05% Édouard S. Léger
Eligible: inc. Votes: 78,348 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
41		 New Brunswick
28 June 1948
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32438(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
76
CCF
 10/12 3,261 16.65% -5,964 Winner:
LIB
 9,225 47.10% Harold B. Gault

Online biographical reference

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Edward R. McDonald		 30 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Aug 2023 21:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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