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♂ Keith John Ashfield
aliasKeith Ashfield
Record
1658 · 485

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
New Brunswick 3 1 4
Total 5 2 7
Birth 28 March 1952 → 72 years + 1 month ago
Lived 66 years
First mandate 7 June 1999 → 24 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 2 months
Death 22 April 2018 → 6 years ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 6 months after 18 October 2015
Special notes
None
 
Keith John Ashfield (1952–2018)
© Photo 2017 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 7 0 2
New Brunswick 9 3 0 Z
TOTAL 16 3 2

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 40
CPC
 1 Minister 57–59 19 Jan 2010 — 17 May 2011 1 3 28
2. CA 40–41
CPC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 57–61 19 Jan 2010 — 14 Jul 2013 3 5 25
3. CA 40–41
CPC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 57–61 19 Jan 2010 — 14 Jul 2013 3 5 25
4. CA 41
CPC
 1 Minister 59–61 18 May 2011 — 14 Jul 2013 2 1 26
 1. National Revenue
 2. Atlantic Gateway [Transport]
 3. New Brunswick [Without portfolio]
 4. Fisheries and Oceans

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Matt DeCourcey  m 
⊕ Jesse Travis  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Joan M. Kingston  f  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Max White  m 
 
Eligible: 8,962 Votes: 7,682 Participation: 85.72% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
52		 New Brunswick
23 September 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1681(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
PC
 3/4 799 10.44% -3,136 Winner:
COR
 3,935 51.40% Max White
Eligible: 10,798 Votes: 7,957 Participation: 73.69% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
54		 New Brunswick
7 June 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 572(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
PC
 1/4 4,223 53.30% +1,146 Loser:
LIB
 3,077 38.84% Joan M. Kingston

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,923 Votes: 8,184 Participation: 68.64% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 New Brunswick
9 June 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 191(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 3,719 45.67% +217 Loser:
LIB
 3,502 43.00% Joan M. Kingston

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,192 Votes: 6,185 Participation: 67.29% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 New Brunswick
18 September 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 171(F) — 12 Feb 2022 17:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/3 3,209 52.02% +555 Loser:
LIB
 2,654 43.02% Les Smith
After his election:
8 Sep 2008 56
PC
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 11 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 68,368 Votes: 42,474 Participation: 62.13% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 New Brunswick
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5768(F) — 14 Sep 2021 22:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
56
CPC
 1/5 17,962 42.53% +4,643 Loser:
LIB
 13,319 31.54% David Innes

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,075 Votes: 4,885 Participation: 53.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 New Brunswick
3 November 2008
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10936(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 2,484 50.99% Jack Carr
Eligible: 69,732 Votes: 44,798 Participation: 64.24% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 New Brunswick
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6308(F) — 14 Sep 2021 22:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
CPC
 1/5 21,573 48.38% +10,947 Loser:
NDP
 10,626 23.83% Jesse Travis

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 61,947 Votes: 46,910 Participation: 75.73% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 New Brunswick
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7393(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
CPC
 2/4 13,280 28.42% -9,736 Winner:
LIB
 23,016 49.26% Matt DeCourcey

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Keith Ashfield, P.C., M.P.		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Keith Ashfield, C.P., député		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Keith Ashfield		 14 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Keith Ashfield		 14 Apr 2024

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