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♂ William Swim
aliasWilliam Swim
Record
59851 · 10992

Baptist   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 1 1 2
Birth 24 June 1824 → 199 years + 10 months ago
Lived 86 years + 5 months
First mandate 13 June 1874 → 149 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 11 months
Death 19 December 1910 → 113 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 6 months after 31 May 1878
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Frank D. Swim (1863–1945) Son  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 3 11 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Michael Adams  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas F. Gillespie  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ D.A. Ernest Hutchison  m 
⊖ Lemuel J. Tweedie  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Allan A. Davidson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Jacob C. Gough  m 
⊖ William M. Kelly  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,484 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
23		 New Brunswick
13 June 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31990(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
IND
 4/7 1,304 61.48% +183 Loser:
CONS
 1,121 52.85% Michael Adams

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,625 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
24		 New Brunswick
8 June 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32029(F) — 10 Feb 2022 12:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
IND
 7/7 316 16.58% -834 Winner:
CONS
 1,150 60.34% Allan A. Davidson

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William Swim		 24 Oct 2023

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