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♂ John B.M. Baxter
aliasJohn B.M. Baxter
Record
3112 · 2582

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 7 0 7
Birth 4 November 1924 → 99 years + 5 months ago
Lived 75 years + 4 months
First mandate 3 December 1962 → 61 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 38 years
Death 9 March 2000 → 24 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 4 months after 12 October 1987
Special notes
None
 

No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ John B.M. Baxter (1868–1946) Father  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 24 10 2 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 47
PC
 1 Minister 46–49 12 Nov 1970 — 02 Dec 1973 3 0 20
 1. Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
4 documented challengers
⊖ George E. Horton  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Cyril B. Sherwood  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ George Little  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John W. Turnbull  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,817 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
44		 New Brunswick
3 December 1962
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32498(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
PC
 1/4 6,124 58.83% +1,797 Loser:
LIB
 4,327 41.57% John W. Turnbull

Service: 4 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 34,991 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
45		 New Brunswick
22 April 1963
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32504(F) — 15 Sep 2021 22:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 2/6 6,812 58.40% +1,929 Loser:
LIB
 4,883 41.86% H.R. Dean

Service: 4 years 5 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,070 Votes: 35,176 Participation: 80.34% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
46		 New Brunswick
13 October 1967
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32525(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PC
 2/6 7,288 62.16% +2,816 Loser:
LIB
 4,472 38.14% Donald R. Alward

Service: 3 years 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,552 Votes: 36,302 Participation: 77.10% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
47		 New Brunswick
26 October 1970
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32555(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/7 7,995 66.31% +3,810 Loser:
LIB
 4,185 34.71% Ralph H. London

Service: 4 years 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,036 Votes: 6,812 Participation: 75.39% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 New Brunswick
18 November 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8508(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/3 3,328 49.01% +265 Loser:
LIB
 3,063 45.11% Jack Stevens

Service: 3 years 11 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,894 Votes: 8,237 Participation: 69.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 New Brunswick
23 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8449(F) — 14 Sep 2021 22:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/3 4,047 49.34% +1,024 Loser:
LIB
 3,023 36.86% Jack Stevens

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,475 Votes: 11,528 Participation: 79.64% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1768(F) — 15 Sep 2021 09:37 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/3 5,226 45.53% +2,007 Loser:
LIB
 3,219 28.04% Malcolm A. Barry

Service: 5 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,402 Votes: 13,974 Participation: 80.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 New Brunswick
13 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1710(F) — 15 Sep 2021 09:37 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 6,717 48.24% E. Laureen Jarrett

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John B. M. Baxter Jr.		 06 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Mar 2024 23:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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