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♂ John P. Burchill
aliasJohn P. Burchill
Record
8214 · 10996

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 73%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 8 3 11
Birth 6 February 1855 → 169 years + 2 months ago
Lived 68 years + 10 months
First mandate 22 June 1882 → 141 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 4 months
Death 18 December 1923 → 100 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 2 months after 8 October 1920
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ George P. Burchill (1889–1977) Son  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 26 11 11 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 28–29
LIB
 1 Speaker 38–44 09 Mar 1893 — 17 Feb 1899 5 11 8

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 12  
20 documented challengers
⊖ Michael Adams  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles E. Fish  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas F. Gillespie  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William S. Loggie  m 
⊖ Francis C. McGrath  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles J. Morrissy  m 
⊖ Robert Murray  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William A. Park  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James L. Stewart  m 
⊖ Lemuel J. Tweedie  m  (6 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ David V. Allain  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick A. Fowlie  m 
⊖ D.A. Ernest Hutchison  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John S. Martin  m 
⊖ Donald Morrison  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John V. Morrissy  m  (5 runoffs)
⊖ John O'Brien  m  (5 runoffs)
⊖ James Robinson  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Frank D. Swim  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John W. Vanderbeck  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,805 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
22 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32050(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
LIB
 4/6 893 52.50% +29 Loser:
IND
 864 50.79% D.A. Ernest Hutchison

Service: 3 years 10 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,582 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
26		 New Brunswick
26 April 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32082(F) — 10 Feb 2022 21:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
31
LIB
 5/6 1,604 60.62% -142 Winner:
LIB
 1,746 65.99% Lemuel J. Tweedie
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,529 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 New Brunswick
16 March 1887
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32093(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
32
LIB
 1/3 1,164 46.03% +91 Loser:
LIB
 1,073 42.43% John V. Morrissy

Service: 2 years 10 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,680 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
27		 New Brunswick
20 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32106(F) — 10 Feb 2022 21:41 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 2/8 1,886 55.15% +221 Loser:
LIB
 1,665 48.68% John V. Morrissy

Service: 2 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,520 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
22 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32127(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/5 2,342 89.05% +459 Loser:
LIB
 1,883 71.60% John V. Morrissy

Service: 2 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,834 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
29		 New Brunswick
16 October 1895
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32148(F) — 10 Feb 2022 22:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 2/6 2,250 76.04% +660 Loser:
LIB
 1,590 53.73% John V. Morrissy

Service: 3 years 4 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,856 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32172(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/5 2,133 86.57% +545 Loser:
CONS
 1,588 64.45% Donald Morrison

Service: 4 years 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,464 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
31		 New Brunswick
28 February 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32199(F) — 11 Feb 2022 08:17 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LIB
 5/8 2,034 49.42% -58 Winner:
CONS
 2,092 50.83% Donald Morrison
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,192 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 New Brunswick
1 December 1908
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32241(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 1,692 53.01% +192 Loser:
IND
 1,500 46.99% Frank D. Swim

Service: 3 years 6 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,512 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
20 June 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32254(F) — 11 Feb 2022 22:16 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
ICON
 2,082 61.63% James L. Stewart
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,735 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
24 February 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32280(F) — 12 Feb 2022 00:52 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
62
LIB
 1/8 2,453 62.35% +721 Loser:
IND
 1,732 44.03% Lawrence Doyle

Service: 3 years 7 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,921 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
35		 New Brunswick
9 October 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32302(F) — 9 Oct 2023 00:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
65
LIB
 5/8 3,646 43.00% -1,378 Winner:
LIB
 5,024 59.25% Charles J. Morrissy

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Burchill, John Percival		 29 Jul 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Burchill, John Percival		 29 Jul 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Hon. John Percival Burchill		 29 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’hon. John Percival Burchill		 29 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Percival Burchill		 29 Jul 2023

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