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♂ William F. Roberts
aliasWilliam F. Roberts
Record
53025 · 11128

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 1 5
Birth 18 December 1869 → 154 years + 4 months ago
Lived 68 years + 1 month
First mandate 24 February 1917 → 107 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 2 months
Death 10 February 1938 → 86 years + 2 months ago
Died in office Yes
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 0 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
15 documented challengers
⊖ Miles E. Agar  m 
⊖ Walter E. Foster  m 
⊖ W. Henry Harrison  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Edward J. Henneberry  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ralph G. McInerney  m 
⊖ Horace A. Porter  m 
⊖ William E. Scully  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Walter W. White  m 
 		 ⊖ John R. Campbell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Philip Grannan  m 
⊖ Robert T. Hayes  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Lewis  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander P. Paterson  m 
⊖ Frank L. Potts  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Leonard P.D. Tilley  m  (4 runoffs)
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 4/8 3,543 50.68% +60 Loser:
IND
 3,483 49.82% Philip Grannan
After his election:
1 Jun 1920 50
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
14 June 1920
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32293(F) — 14 Oct 2022 07:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 months 24 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 3/8 5,909 51.46% +338 Loser:
CONS
 5,571 48.52% Leonard P.D. Tilley

Service: 4 years 10 months (Gov't)
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
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 5/8 6,348 44.25% -978 Winner:
CONS
 7,326 51.07% Miles E. Agar
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
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
65
LIB
 2/8 11,044 56.06% +2,050 Loser:
CONS
 8,994 45.66% W. Henry Harrison
After his election:
10 Feb 1938 68
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 7 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 64,539 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
39		 New Brunswick
20 November 1939
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32398(F) — 17 Jun 2023 09:04 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
68		 Successor:
CONS
 8,431 52.25% James S. Tait

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
W. F. Roberts		 16 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Oct 2023 13:07 (but data presented dynamically)

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