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♂ Richard Sutton
aliasRichard Sutton
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 1 3
Birth c. 1815 → 209 years ago
Lived ± 55 years
First mandate 25 May 1866 → 157 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 51 years
Death 12 July 1870 → 153 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 1 month + 12 days after 31 May 1870
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 3 11 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
9 documented challengers
⊖ Michael Adams  m 
⊖ Thomas F. Gillespie  m 
⊖ Richard Hutchison  m 
⊖ William M. Kelly  m 
⊖ Edward Williston  m 
 		 ⊖ Allan A. Davidson  m 
⊖ Jacob C. Gough  m 
⊖ John M. Johnson  m 
⊖ George Kerr  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,502 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
25 May 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35645(F) — 17 Aug 2023 07:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±51
CONF
 2/6 1,270 78.11% +430 Loser:
CONS
 840 51.66% Richard Hutchison
After his election:
10 Oct 1867 ±52
CONF
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 4 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
22 October 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35670(F) — 13 Oct 2022 22:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±52
CONF
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 7 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,497 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
29 June 1870
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31975(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±55
CONS
 6/7 751 46.24% -151 Winner:
CONS
 902 55.54% Thomas F. Gillespie

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Richard Sutton (Canadian politician)		 17 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Oct 2023 22:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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