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♂ Ernest W. Stairs
aliasErnest W. Stairs
Record
58558 · 11064

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
New Brunswick 1 3 4
Total 1 4 5
Birth 10 April 1873 → 151 years ago
Lived 68 years + 6 months
First mandate 27 June 1935 → 88 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 62 years + 2 months
Death 31 October 1941 → 82 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 11 months after 19 November 1939
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Harry A. Corey (1901–1989) Son-in-law
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 4 4 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
16 documented challengers
⊖ William G. Clark  m 
⊖ Stewart E. Durling  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ H. Ralph Gunter  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Samuel B. Hunter  m 
⊖ Arthur J. McEvoy  m 
⊖ J. Rutherford Messer  m 
⊖ Charles Price  m 
⊖ James M. Scott  m 
 		 ⊖ Benjamin H. Dougan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ C. Hedley Forbes  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Richard B. Hanson  m 
⊖ Marcus L. Jewett  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John B. McNair  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James K. Pinder  m 
⊖ Charles D. Richards  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John A. Young  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 35,392 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
35		 New Brunswick
9 October 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32310(F) — 11 Feb 2022 22:23 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 9/12 1,821 20.58% -2,063 Winner:
LIB
 3,884 43.90% Samuel B. Hunter
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,267 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 New Brunswick
28 May 1921
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NLCP  Majority
ID: 21521(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 2/2 6,160 46.43% -947 Winner:
NLCP
 7,107 53.57% Richard B. Hanson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 54,280 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
37		 New Brunswick
19 June 1930
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32366(F) — 12 Feb 2022 10:34 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 6/8 5,854 43.14% -1,856 Winner:
CONS
 7,710 56.82% Charles D. Richards
Eligible: inc. Votes: 65,098 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
38		 New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32386(F) — 6 Aug 2023 20:20 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
62
LIB
 2/8 9,013 55.38% +1,703 Loser:
CONS
 7,310 44.92% C. Hedley Forbes

Service: 4 years 4 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 68,970 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
39		 New Brunswick
20 November 1939
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32403(F) — 6 Aug 2023 20:20 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
LIB
 6/8 8,397 48.70% -422 Winner:
CONS
 8,819 51.15% J. Rutherford Messer

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Ernest W. Stairs		 29 Sep 2023

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