Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → George E. King

♂ George E. King
aliasGeorge E. King
Record
31861 · 11085

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
New Brunswick 3 0 3
Total 3 1 4
Birth 8 October 1839 → 184 years + 6 months ago
Lived 61 years + 6 months
First mandate 15 October 1867 → 156 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 28 years
Death 7 May 1901 → 122 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 11 months after 31 May 1878
Special notes
None
 
George E. King (1839–1901)
© Photo 1865 William James Topley — Public domain
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 10 6 12 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 22
CONS
 1 Premier 30–31 01 Jun 1870 — 20 Feb 1871 0 8 19
2. NB 22
CONS
 1 Party leader 30–31 01 Jun 1870 — 20 Feb 1871 0 8 19
3. NB 22–23
CONS
 1 Minister 30–38 01 Jun 1870 — 03 May 1878 7 11 2
4. NB 22–23
CONS
 2 Premier 32–38 06 Jul 1872 — 31 May 1878 5 10 25
5. NB 22–23
CONS
 2 Party leader 32–38 06 Jul 1872 — 30 Apr 1878 5 9 24
 3. Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Henry A. Austin  m 
⊖ Joseph Coram  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Acalus L. Palmer  m 
⊖ Charles W. Weldon  m 
 		 ⊖ Isaac Burpee  m 
⊖ Michael W. Maher  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Quinton  m 
⊖ Edward Willis  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,703 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
15 October 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35666(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
28
CONF
 2/4 1,269 26.98% +88 Loser:
IND
 1,181 25.11% Thomas Potts

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,117 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
29 June 1870
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31979(F) — 15 Sep 2021 20:46 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
30
CONS
 1/8 1,614 70.82% +466 Loser:
IND
 1,148 50.37% James Quinton

Service: 3 years 11 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,323 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
23		 New Brunswick
4 June 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31994(F) — 30 Sep 2023 08:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
34
CONS
 2/7 2,532 76.01% +1,318 Loser:
IND
 1,214 36.45% Michael W. Maher

Service: 3 years 11 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,989 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
24		 New Brunswick
12 June 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32033(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
LIB
 1,864 57.41% Robert J. Ritchie
Eligible: 5,979 Votes: 9,388 Participation: 78.51% Candidacies: 4
Federal
4		 New Brunswick
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19000(F) — 21 Jan 2022 13:07 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
38
CONS
 3/4 2,180 46.44% -269 Winner:
LIB
 2,449 52.17% Charles W. Weldon

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
George Edwin King		 30 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
George Edwin King		 30 Sep 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Feb 2024 22:06 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.