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♂ G. William N. Cockburn
aliasG. William N. Cockburn
Record
11743 · 2609

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 0 4
Birth 14 February 1931 → 93 years + 2 months ago
Lived 66 years + 5 months
First mandate 13 October 1967 → 56 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 7 months
Death 2 August 1997 → 26 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 9 months after 11 October 1982
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 14 11 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Alfred H. Hawkins  m 
⊖ John E. Rigby  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ W. DeCosta Young  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Leland W. McGaw  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Kenneth J. Webber  m 
 
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
36
PC
 2/8 5,744 52.25% +387 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
39
PC
 1/9 6,047 57.46% +1,409 Loser:
LIB
 4,638 44.07% Robert W. Brown

Service: 4 years 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,447 Votes: 3,538 Participation: 79.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 New Brunswick
18 November 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8535(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/2 2,179 62.27% +859 Loser:
LIB
 1,320 37.73% Bill Waycott

Service: 3 years 11 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,583 Votes: 3,414 Participation: 74.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 New Brunswick
23 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8477(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/3 1,986 59.11% +748 Loser:
LIB
 1,238 36.85% Sydney Holmes

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,806 Votes: 3,804 Participation: 79.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1796(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
PC
 2,155 57.16% Robert C. Jackson

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Bill Cockburn (politician)		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 18:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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