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♂ Andrew R. Wetmore
aliasAndrew R. Wetmore
Record
64746 · 12453

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 0 2
Birth 16 August 1820 → 203 years + 8 months ago
Lived 71 years + 6 months
First mandate 7 June 1866 → 157 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 9 months
Death 7 March 1892 → 132 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 9 months after 31 May 1870
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 3 10 6 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 21
CONF
 1 Premier 47–49 16 Aug 1867 — 31 May 1870 2 9 15
2. NB 21
CONF
 1 ✓ Party leader 47–49 16 Aug 1867 — 31 May 1870 2 9 15
3. NB 21
CONF
 1 Minister 47–49 25 Sep 1867 — 31 May 1870 2 8 6
 3. Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Samuel L. Tilley  m 
 		 ⊖ Jacob V. Troop  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,495 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
7 June 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35648(F) — 9 Feb 2022 22:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
CONF
 2/4 1,703 61.97% +669 Loser:
IND
 1,034 37.63% Jacob V. Troop
After his election:
17 Aug 1867 47
CONF
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 2 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,402 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
4 October 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35663(F) — 13 Oct 2022 22:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
47
CONF
 1/2 1,311 54.58% +220 Loser:
IND
 1,091 45.42% Samuel Thomson

Service: 2 years 7 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,245 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
22		 New Brunswick
30 June 1870
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 31978(F) — 14 Jun 2023 23:08 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
IND
 979 46.11% William Wedderburn

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Andrew Rainsford Wetmore		 24 Oct 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Wetmore, Andrew Rainsford		 24 Oct 2023
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Wetmore, Andrew Rainsford		 24 Oct 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Wetmore, Andrew Rainsford		 24 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
Andrew Rainsford Wetmore		 24 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Andrew Rainsford Wetmore		 24 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Oct 2023 17:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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