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♂ James W. Brittain
aliasJames W. Brittain
Record
7291 · 11143

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 1 2 3
Birth 8 February 1886 → 138 years + 2 months ago
Lived 75 years + 1 month
First mandate 28 June 1948 → 75 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 62 years + 4 months
Death 12 March 1961 → 63 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 5 months after 21 September 1952
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 4 2 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
12 documented challengers
⊖ Robert H. Carlin  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Harold B. Gault  m 
⊖ Edward R. McDonald  m 
⊖ Ralph G. McInerney  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Harold S. Prince  m 
⊖ W. Grant Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Laurance T. Dow  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ S. Roy Kelly  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ George E. McInerney  m 
⊖ Donald D. Patterson  m 
⊖ Arthur E. Skaling  m 
⊖ 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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
58
LIB
 5/12 6,951 35.53% -871 Winner:
PC
 7,822 39.98% Laurance T. Dow
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
62
LIB
 3/12 9,233 47.14% +2,026 Loser:
PC
 7,207 36.79% W. Grant Smith

Service: 4 years 2 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 85,730 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
42		 New Brunswick
22 September 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32456(F) — 16 Oct 2023 19:08 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
LIB
 5/9 8,964 41.82% -3,420 Winner:
PC
 12,384 57.78% Harold S. Prince

Online biographical reference

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James W. Brittain		 28 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jul 2023 20:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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