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♂ Edward Willis
aliasEdward Willis
Record
65458 · 11090

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 3 2 5
Birth 5 November 1835 → 188 years + 5 months ago
Lived 55 years + 4 months
First mandate 29 June 1870 → 153 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 7 months
Death 5 March 1891 → 133 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 9 months after 31 May 1882
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 11 10 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
11 documented challengers
⊖ Henry A. Austin  m 
⊖ Joseph Coram  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ George E. King  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ David McLellan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William A. Quinton  m 
⊖ James Rourke  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John A. Chesley  m 
⊖ William Elder  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Michael W. Maher  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Quinton  m 
⊖ Robert J. Ritchie  m  (2 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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
31
IND
 4/4 956 20.33% -313 Winner:
CONF
 1,269 26.98% George E. King
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
IND
 2/8 1,458 63.98% +310 Loser:
IND
 1,148 50.37% James Quinton

Service: 3 years 11 months 2 days (Oppo.)
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
Age
38
IND
 4/7 2,475 74.30% +1,261 Loser:
IND
 1,214 36.45% Michael W. Maher

Service: 3 years 11 months 27 days (Oppo.)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
IND
 3/8 1,876 57.78% +171 Loser:
IND
 1,705 52.51% James I. Fellows

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,319 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
22 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32054(F) — 10 Feb 2022 20:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
IND
 7/8 1,652 43.13% -245 Winner:
LIB
 1,897 49.53% William A. Quinton

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
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Edward Willis (politician)		 30 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jul 2023 14:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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