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♂ William J. Gallant
aliasWilliam J. Gallant
Record
21866 · 11015

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 1 3
Birth 31 March 1913 → 111 years ago
Lived 50 years + 9 months
First mandate 22 September 1952 → 71 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 5 months
Death 30 January 1964 → 60 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 7 months after 26 June 1960
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 7 9 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
9 documented challengers
⊖ William S. Anderson  m 
⊖ Richard J. Gill  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph R. Martin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Herman S. Murray  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ L. Norbert Thériault  m 
 		 ⊖ H. Graham Crocker  m 
⊖ Paul B. Lordon  m 
⊖ Clarence S. Menzies  m 
⊖ Perley C. (P.C.) Price  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 64,309 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
42		 New Brunswick
22 September 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32453(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 1/8 9,609 59.77% +2,978 Loser:
PC
 6,631 41.25% John L. Betts

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 68,130 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
43		 New Brunswick
18 June 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32470(F) — 12 Feb 2022 14:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/8 8,697 51.06% +184 Loser:
LIB
 8,513 49.98% Herman S. Murray

Service: 4 years 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 70,937 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
44		 New Brunswick
27 June 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32487(F) — 12 Feb 2022 14:41 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
PC
 8/8 6,669 37.61% -4,047 Winner:
LIB
 10,716 60.43% Clarence S. Menzies

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William J. Gallant		 07 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
William Gallant		 07 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Oct 2023 20:01 (but data presented dynamically)

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