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♂ Hiram Dow
aliasHiram Dow
Record
16806 · 11023

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 4 6
Birth c. 1825 → 199 years ago
Lived ± 59 years
First mandate 1 June 1866 → 157 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 41 years
Death 20 August 1884 → 139 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 2 months after 31 May 1878
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 11 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
15 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas F. Barker  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Andrew G. Blair  m  (5 runoffs)
⊖ Leverett E. Estabrooks  m 
⊖ John J. Fraser  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Charles Macpherson  m 
⊖ Robert Robinson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick P. Thompson  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ William Wilson  m 
 		 ⊖ John A. Beckwith  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George J. Colter  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles Fisher  m 
⊖ George L. Hathaway  m 
⊖ William H. Needham  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander Thompson  m 
⊖ Edward L. Wetmore  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,744 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
1 June 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35653(F) — 17 Jun 2023 09:32 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±41
IND
 1/6 2,210 82.28% +1,125 Loser:
CONF
 1,085 40.39% John J. Fraser

Service: 3 years 11 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,701 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 10
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
1 June 1870
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31983(F) — 2 Sep 2023 11:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±45
IND
 5/10 1,397 52.22% -127 Winner:
IND
 1,524 56.97% Charles Macpherson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,812 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
23		 New Brunswick
16 June 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31998(F) — 17 Sep 2021 20:51 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±49
IND
 4/8 1,964 61.32% +551 Loser:
LIB
 1,413 44.11% Frederick P. Thompson

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,120 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
24		 New Brunswick
25 June 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32037(F) — 17 Nov 2023 23:31 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±53
IND
 6/6 1,018 33.60% -999 Winner:
CONS
 2,017 66.57% George J. Colter
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,412 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 New Brunswick
14 November 1878
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32040(F) — 17 Sep 2021 20:51 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±53
IND
 3/4 256 15.01% -1,227 Winner:
LIB
 1,483 86.93% Andrew G. Blair
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,708 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
1 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32058(F) — 2 Aug 2023 19:40 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±57
IND
 7/8 587 20.05% -1,050 Winner:
LIB
 1,637 55.93% Frederick P. Thompson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
My New Brunswick, Landmarks: George Turner House		 20 Aug 2023
EN Find a Grave
Dr Hiram Dow		 20 Aug 2023

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