Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Frances L. Fish
aliasFrances L. Fish
Record
19890 · 15464

  1
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 0%
 
Canada 0 1 1
New Brunswick 0 1 1
Total 0 2 2
Birth 18 December 1888 → 135 years + 4 months ago
Lived 86 years + 10 months
First run 27 June 1935 → 88 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 6 months
Death 27 October 1975 → 48 years + 6 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
Frances L. Fish (1888–1975)
© Photo c.1910 UNB Archives & Special Collections — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
Charles E. Fish (1854–1933) Father  
 
Well that's interesting!
Fish was the first woman to run for office in New Brunswick. In summer 1935, she ran for the Conservatives provincially and, in the fall, for the Reconstruction Party federally.
 

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
5 documented challengers
William S. Anderson  m 
Richard J. Gill  m 
Frederick M. Tweedie  m 
 
John P. Barry  m 
Hidulphe A. Savoie  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 52,410 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
38
New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32378(F) — 7 Sep 2023 07:52 ET
Failed to enter this legislature
Age
46
CONS
6/8 4,686 35.76% -3,644 Winner:
LIB
8,330 63.57% Hidulphe A. Savoie
Eligible: 17,859 Votes: 13,612 Participation: 76.22% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18
New Brunswick
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22637(F) — 7 Sep 2023 07:52 ET
Failed to enter Parliament
Age
46
REC
3/3 2,697 19.81% -4,965 Winner:
LIB
7,662 56.29% John P. Barry

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Frances Lilian Fish
25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Frances Fish
25 Feb 2024


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