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♂ Robert Murray
aliasRobert Murray
Record
45504 · 10998

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 3 2 5
Birth 17 July 1853 → 170 years + 9 months ago
Lived 72 years + 11 months
First mandate 11 March 1905 → 119 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 51 years + 7 months
Death 8 July 1926 → 97 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 9 months after 8 October 1920
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 6 6 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
13 documented challengers
⊖ David V. Allain  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John P. Burchill  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Daniel P. MacLachlan  m 
⊖ Francis C. McGrath  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles J. Morrissy  m 
⊖ James L. Stewart  m 
⊖ John W. Vanderbeck  m 
 		 ⊖ William L. Allain  m 
⊖ Frederick A. Fowlie  m 
⊖ John S. Martin  m 
⊖ Donald Morrison  m 
⊖ John V. Morrissy  m 
⊖ Frank D. Swim  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
31		 New Brunswick
11 March 1905
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32214(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 11 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,852 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
32		 New Brunswick
3 March 1908
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32225(F) — 11 Feb 2022 12:51 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LIB
 5/8 1,479 35.11% -1,216 Winner:
IND
 2,695 63.97% Daniel P. MacLachlan
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
63
LIB
 2/8 2,350 59.74% +618 Loser:
IND
 1,732 44.03% Lawrence Doyle
After his election:
10 Apr 1917 63
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 month 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
23 April 1917
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32290(F) — 14 Oct 2022 07:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 5 months 15 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
67
LIB
 6/8 3,322 39.17% -1,702 Winner:
LIB
 5,024 59.25% Charles J. Morrissy

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Dictionary of Miramichi Biography: Murray, Robert (1853-1926)		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Murray (New Brunswick politician)		 03 Sep 2023

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