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♂ John A. Beckwith
aliasJohn A. Beckwith
Record
3540 · 11027

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 3 0 3
Birth 1 December 1800 → 223 years + 4 months ago
Lived 79 years + 11 months
First mandate 1 June 1866 → 157 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 65 years + 6 months
Death 23 November 1880 → 143 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 5 months after 31 May 1874
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 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
9 documented challengers
⊖ Andrew G. Blair  m 
⊖ Charles Fisher  m 
⊖ George L. Hathaway  m 
⊖ William H. Needham  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander Thompson  m 
 		 ⊖ Hiram Dow  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John J. Fraser  m 
⊖ Charles Macpherson  m 
⊖ Robert Robinson  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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
65
CONF
 4/6 2,127 79.19% +1,042 Loser:
CONF
 1,085 40.39% John J. Fraser
After his election:
1 Oct 1867 66
CONF
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 4 months (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
19 October 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35669(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
CONF
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 7 months 12 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
CONS
 3/10 1,538 57.50% +141 Loser:
IND
 1,397 52.22% Hiram Dow

Service: 3 years 11 months 30 days (Gov't)
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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
IND
 1,964 61.32% Hiram Dow

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John Adolphus Beckwith		 26 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Jul 2023 23:57 (but data presented dynamically)

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