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♂ George J. Colter
aliasGeorge J. Colter
Record
12019 · 11032

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 2 4
Birth c. 1841 → 183 years ago
Lived ± 74 years
First mandate 25 June 1878 → 145 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 37 years
Death 17 November 1915 → 108 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 6 months after 25 April 1886
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 7 9 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
13 documented challengers
⊖ William K. Allen  m 
⊖ Thomas F. Barker  m 
⊖ Andrew G. Blair  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Hiram Dow  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John J. Fraser  m 
⊖ Frederick P. Thompson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Wilson  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John Anderson  m 
⊖ Richard Bellamy  m 
⊖ Thomas H. Colter  m 
⊖ Leverett E. Estabrooks  m 
⊖ David R. Moore  m 
⊖ Edward L. Wetmore  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±37
CONS
 4/6 2,017 66.57% +127 Loser:
CONS
 1,890 62.38% Thomas F. Barker

Service: 3 years 11 months 6 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±41
CONS
 1/8 2,402 82.06% +884 Loser:
LIB
 1,518 51.86% William Wilson

Service: 3 years 10 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,742 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
26		 New Brunswick
26 April 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32090(F) — 2 Aug 2023 19:40 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±45
CONS
 6/6 1,839 53.52% -434 Winner:
LIB
 2,273 66.15% David R. Moore
Eligible: inc. Votes: 23,411 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
27		 New Brunswick
23 October 1890
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32117(F) — 2 Aug 2023 19:48 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±49
CONS
 7/8 2,748 46.95% -297 Winner:
CONS
 3,045 52.02% Thomas H. Colter

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
George Johnson Colter		 02 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
George J. Colter		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 19:41 (but data presented dynamically)

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