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♂ Beaton J. Abbott
aliasBeaton J. Abbott
Record
22 · 4426

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 0 4
Birth c. 1903 → 121 years ago
Lived ± 89 years
First mandate 2 October 1956 → 67 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 53 years
Death 8 March 1992 → 32 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 4 months after 27 October 1971
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
Newfoundland and Labrador 15 0 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Harold A. Collins  m 
 
 
Eligible: 7,890 Votes: 5,442 Participation: 68.97% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
31		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26105(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±53
LIB
 1/2 4,045 75.02% +2,698 Loser:
PC
 1,347 24.98% B.J. Elliott

Service: 2 years 10 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,890 Votes: 5,748 Participation: 72.85% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 August 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26123(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±56
LIB
 1/3 4,037 70.64% +2,998 Loser:
IND
 1,039 18.18% James Mullett

Service: 3 years 2 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,850 Votes: 3,943 Participation: 57.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Newfoundland and Labrador
19 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26158(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±59
LIB
 1/2 2,069 52.92% +228 Loser:
PC
 1,841 47.08% Harold A. Collins

Service: 3 years 9 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,584 Votes: 4,010 Participation: 52.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14593(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±63
LIB
 1/3 2,932 73.65% +2,098 Loser:
PC
 834 20.95% John C. Pinsent

Service: 5 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,537 Votes: 6,168 Participation: 81.84% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Newfoundland and Labrador
28 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 14635(F) — 6 Jul 2023 08:49 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±68		 Successor:
LIB
 3,324 53.89% Paul S. Thoms

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Beaton Abbott		 25 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Jul 2023 21:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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