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♂ Leland Watson McGaw
aliasLeland Watson McGaw
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 5 1 6
Birth 27 July 1927 → 96 years + 9 months ago
Lived 89 years + 7 months
First mandate 13 October 1967 → 56 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 2 months
Death 26 March 2017 → 7 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 5 months after 12 October 1987
Special notes
None
 
Leland Watson McGaw (1927–2017)
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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 19 11 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
⊖ G. William N. Cockburn  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ L. Reid Hurley  m 
⊖ Kenneth J. Webber  m 
 		 ⊖ Alfred H. Hawkins  m 
⊖ John E. Rigby  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ W. DeCosta Young  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 13,635 Votes: 43,970 Participation: 84.71% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
46		 New Brunswick
13 October 1967
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32522(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
PC
 3/8 5,639 51.30% +282 Loser:
LIB
 5,357 48.73% Arthur Giddins

Service: 3 years 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,988 Votes: 42,096 Participation: 83.65% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
47		 New Brunswick
26 October 1970
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32550(F) — 29 Dec 2022 15:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 3/9 5,816 55.26% +1,178 Loser:
LIB
 4,638 44.07% Robert W. Brown

Service: 4 years 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,902 Votes: 2,877 Participation: 73.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 New Brunswick
18 November 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8495(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/2 1,587 55.61% +320 Loser:
LIB
 1,267 44.39% Edward J. Boone

Service: 3 years 11 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,265 Votes: 3,112 Participation: 72.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 New Brunswick
23 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8437(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 1,815 58.74% +741 Loser:
LIB
 1,074 34.76% Philip E. Johnson

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,704 Votes: 3,577 Participation: 76.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1756(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/3 1,992 55.97% +755 Loser:
LIB
 1,237 34.76% Dale E. Lively

Service: 5 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,906 Votes: 3,947 Participation: 80.45% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 New Brunswick
13 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1698(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
PC
 2/3 1,434 36.48% -852 Winner:
LIB
 2,286 58.15% L. Reid Hurley

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Leland Watson McGaw		 15 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Leland McGaw		 15 Mar 2024

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