Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Laurance T. Dow
aliasLaurance T. Dow
Record
16808 · 11142

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 50%
 
New Brunswick 1 1 2
Birth 13 February 1893 → 131 years + 2 months ago
Lived 63 years + 1 month
First mandate 28 August 1944 → 79 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 6 months
Death 29 March 1956 → 68 years ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 9 months after 27 June 1948
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 3 9 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
8 documented challengers
James W. Brittain  m  (2 runoffs)
Harold B. Gault  m 
Edward R. McDonald  m 
W. Grant Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Robert H. Carlin  m  (2 runoffs)
S. Roy Kelly  m  (2 runoffs)
Ralph G. McInerney  m  (2 runoffs)
James S. Tait  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 78,259 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
40
New Brunswick
28 August 1944
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32418(F) — 17 Jun 2023 09:02 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
51
PC
4/12 7,822 39.98% +871 Loser:
LIB
6,951 35.53% James W. Brittain

Service:
3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 78,348 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
41
New Brunswick
28 June 1948
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32438(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
PC
8/12 6,871 35.08% -2,354 Winner:
LIB
9,225 47.10% Harold B. Gault

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Laurance T. Dow
05 Aug 2023


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 22:37 (but data presented dynamically)