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♂ Eric W. Ferguson
aliasEric Ferguson
Record
19542 · 453

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 31 December 1930 → 93 years + 3 months ago
Lived 75 years + 8 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 4 months
Death 23 September 2006 → 17 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 7 months after 17 February 1980
Special notes
None
 
Eric W. Ferguson (1930–2006)
© Photo 1979 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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
Canada 0 8 27

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Michael R. Landers  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 49,935 Votes: 33,663 Participation: 67.41% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 New Brunswick
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4389(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
PC
 1/3 13,989 41.56% +673 Loser:
LIB
 13,316 39.56% Michael R. Landers

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 49,935 Votes: 31,833 Participation: 63.75% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 New Brunswick
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4107(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
PC
 2/6 12,363 39.04% -759 Winner:
LIB
 13,122 41.44% Michael R. Landers

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Eric W. Ferguson		 27 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Eric W. Ferguson		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Eric Ferguson (politician)		 27 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Apr 2024 10:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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