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♂ David Adelbert Bishop
aliasDavid Bishop
Record
4999 · 2615

Wesleyan   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 1 5
Birth 15 March 1942 → 82 years + 1 month ago
Lived 75 years + 3 months
First mandate 30 September 1974 → 49 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 6 months
Death 8 July 2017 → 6 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 8 months after 12 October 1987
Special notes
None
 
David Adelbert Bishop (1942–2017)
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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 13 0 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Richard A. Carr  m 
⊕ Elizabeth J. Weir  f 
 		 ⊕ Robert B. Simpson  m 
 
Eligible: 13,703 Votes: 9,910 Participation: 72.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 New Brunswick
30 September 1974
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32575(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
PC
 1/2 5,381 54.30% +852 Loser:
LIB
 4,529 45.70% Bob Strange

Service: 1 month 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,006 Votes: 7,285 Participation: 80.89% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 New Brunswick
18 November 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8540(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
PC
 1/3 3,800 52.34% +615 Loser:
LIB
 3,185 43.87% Ronald McGuigan

Service: 3 years 11 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,178 Votes: 7,621 Participation: 74.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 New Brunswick
23 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8482(F) — 13 Jun 2023 22:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
PC
 1/3 3,681 48.70% +544 Loser:
LIB
 3,137 41.50% Richard A. Carr

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,024 Votes: 9,114 Participation: 82.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1801(F) — 6 May 2023 19:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/3 4,278 47.22% +611 Loser:
LIB
 3,667 40.47% John Hildebrand

Service: 5 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,113 Votes: 10,051 Participation: 82.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 New Brunswick
13 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1743(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
PC
 2/3 2,714 27.11% -3,507 Winner:
LIB
 6,221 62.15% Robert B. Simpson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
David Adelbert Bishop		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Bishop (Canadian politician)		 21 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Apr 2024 14:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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