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♂ William J. West
aliasWilliam J. West
Record
64697 · 11075

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 2 4
Birth 20 December 1892 → 131 years + 4 months ago
Lived 92 years + 2 months
First mandate 22 September 1952 → 71 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 59 years + 9 months
Death 24 February 1985 → 39 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 7 months after 26 June 1960
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 2 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 42–43
PC
 1 Minister 59–65 08 Oct 1952 — 16 Oct 1958 6 0 8
 1. Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
10 documented challengers
⊖ Harry Ames  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Harry A. Corey  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Harry C. Greenlaw  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ John F. McInerney  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J. Rutherford Messer  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald T. Cochrane  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ C. Hedley Forbes  m 
⊖ C. Weldon Lawrence  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John B. McNair  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ A. Edison Stairs  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 68,222 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
40		 New Brunswick
28 August 1944
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32423(F) — 6 Aug 2023 20:20 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
51
PC
 6/12 7,561 44.33% -144 Winner:
LIB
 7,705 45.17% Donald T. Cochrane
Eligible: inc. Votes: 72,613 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
41		 New Brunswick
28 June 1948
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32443(F) — 14 Sep 2021 22:00 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
55
PC
 5/12 5,887 32.43% -4,534 Winner:
LIB
 10,421 57.41% Harry C. Greenlaw
Eligible: inc. Votes: 85,831 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
42		 New Brunswick
22 September 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32461(F) — 14 Sep 2021 22:01 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
59
PC
 2/12 10,686 49.80% +477 Loser:
LIB
 10,209 47.58% John B. McNair

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 85,306 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
43		 New Brunswick
18 June 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32478(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 2/9 12,509 58.65% +3,460 Loser:
LIB
 9,049 42.43% Harry A. Corey

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 92,639 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
44		 New Brunswick
27 June 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32495(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
PC
 12,436 53.70% C. Weldon Lawrence

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
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William J. West (Canadian politician)		 30 Jul 2023

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