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♂ William Wilson
aliasWilliam Wilson
Record
65722 · 11034

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 2 6
Birth 2 June 1845 → 178 years + 10 months ago
Lived 76 years + 3 months
First mandate 4 July 1885 → 138 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 1 month
Death 29 September 1921 → 102 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years after 29 September 1892
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 2 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
15 documented challengers
⊖ William K. Allen  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Richard Bellamy  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George J. Colter  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Hiram Dow  m 
⊖ J. Douglas Hazen  m 
⊖ David R. Moore  m 
⊖ Herman H. Pitts  m 
⊖ Edward L. Wetmore  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John Anderson  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Andrew G. Blair  m  (5 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas H. Colter  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Leverett E. Estabrooks  m 
⊖ William T. Howe  m 
⊖ James K. Pinder  m 
⊖ Frederick P. Thompson  m 
 
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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 5/8 1,518 51.86% -119 Winner:
LIB
 1,637 55.93% Frederick P. Thompson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,376 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
4 July 1885
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32074(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 2,682 61.29% +988 Loser:
CONS
 1,694 38.71% J. Douglas Hazen

Service: 9 months 21 days (Oppo.)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/6 2,710 78.87% +870 Loser:
LIB
 1,840 53.55% Edward L. Wetmore

Service: 3 years 8 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,542 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
27		 New Brunswick
20 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32114(F) — 26 Jul 2023 10:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 2/6 2,717 74.72% +646 Loser:
LIB
 2,071 56.96% George F. Gregory
After his election:
1 Oct 1890 45
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 2/8 3,121 53.32% +354 Loser:
LIB
 2,767 47.27% George F. Gregory

Service: 1 year 11 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,541 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
22 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32135(F) — 2 Aug 2023 19:48 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
LIB
 6/8 2,435 45.22% -445 Winner:
CONS
 2,880 53.48% James K. Pinder

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William Wilson (New Brunswick politician)		 30 Jul 2023

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