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♂ Leonard P.D. Tilley
aliasLeonard P.D. Tilley
Record
61290 · 11127

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 2 6
Birth 21 May 1870 → 153 years + 11 months ago
Lived 77 years + 7 months
First mandate 20 June 1912 → 111 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 42 years
Death 26 December 1947 → 76 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 6 months after 26 June 1935
Special notes
None
 
Leonard P.D. Tilley (1870–1947)
© Photo 1927 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Samuel L. Tilley (1818–1896) Father  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 18 2 1 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 37
CONS
 1 Premier 63–65 02 Jun 1933 — 26 Jun 1935 2 0 24
2. NB 37–38
CONS
 1 Party leader 63–67 02 Jun 1933 — 26 Oct 1937 4 4 24

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
17 documented challengers
⊖ Miles E. Agar  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Walter E. Foster  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ W. Henry Harrison  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Edward J. Henneberry  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Charles B. Lockhart  m 
⊖ Alexander P. Paterson  m 
⊖ Frank L. Potts  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William E. Scully  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John E. Wilson  m 
 		 ⊖ John R. Campbell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Philip Grannan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert T. Hayes  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Lewis  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ralph G. McInerney  m 
⊖ Horace A. Porter  m 
⊖ William F. Roberts  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Walter W. White  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,088 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
20 June 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32257(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
CONS
 2/8 4,943 67.97% +2,455 Loser:
LIB
 2,488 34.21% Walter E. Foster

Service: 4 years 8 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,965 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
24 February 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32283(F) — 16 Jun 2023 20:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
CONS
 2/8 3,633 51.97% +150 Loser:
IND
 3,483 49.82% Philip Grannan

Service: 3 years 7 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,933 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
35		 New Brunswick
9 October 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32305(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:56 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
CONS
 5/8 5,571 48.52% -30 Winner:
LIB
 5,601 48.78% Robert T. Hayes
Eligible: inc. Votes: 57,380 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
36		 New Brunswick
10 August 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32331(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:56 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
55
CONS
 2/8 8,416 58.67% +2,068 Loser:
LIB
 6,348 44.25% William F. Roberts

Service: 4 years 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 55,563 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
37		 New Brunswick
19 June 1930
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32361(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
CONS
 3/8 8,744 62.95% +3,532 Loser:
LIB
 5,212 37.52% Edward J. Henneberry

Service: 5 years 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 78,796 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
38		 New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32381(F) — 12 Feb 2022 10:46 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
65
CONS
 6/8 8,963 45.50% -1,830 Winner:
LIB
 10,793 54.79% Edward J. Henneberry

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley		 05 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley		 05 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Mar 2024 19:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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