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♂ Peter G. Trites
aliasPeter G. Trites
Record
61981 · 2637

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 1 3
Birth 17 December 1946 → 77 years + 4 months ago
Lived 63 years + 4 months
First mandate 26 November 1984 → 39 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 11 months
Death 13 May 2010 → 13 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 months after 22 September 1991
Special notes
None
 

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 6 9 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Gerald S. Merrithew  m 
 
 
Eligible: 12,562 Votes: 8,906 Participation: 70.90% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1786(F) — 12 Feb 2022 16:07 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
NDP
 3/3 2,254 25.44% -1,992 Winner:
PC
 4,246 47.93% Gerald S. Merrithew
Eligible: 12,480 Votes: 6,426 Participation: 51.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
26 November 1984
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10954(F) — 12 Feb 2022 16:20 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
NDP
 1/3 2,615 40.96% +355 Loser:
PC
 2,260 35.40% Wayne Ferguson
After his election:
15 Aug 1987 40
NDP
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 2 years 10 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,697 Votes: 9,187 Participation: 72.36% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
51		 New Brunswick
13 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1728(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/5 3,746 41.14% +770 Loser:
NDP
 2,976 32.68% Ervan Cronk

Service: 3 years 11 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,370 Votes: 8,664 Participation: 70.04% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
52		 New Brunswick
23 September 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1669(F) — 18 Aug 2023 17:12 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
LIB
 2,785 32.27% George J. Jenkins

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
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