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♂ John Hamilton Gray
aliasJohn Hamilton Gray
Record
24273 · 4850

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased
A Father of Confederation 		Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
New Brunswick 1 0 1
Total 2 0 2
Birth c. 1814 → 210 years ago
Lived ± 75 years
First mandate 6 June 1866 → 157 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 52 years
Death 5 June 1889 → 134 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 10 months after 19 July 1872
Conferences Confederation conferences attended
representing New Brunswick:
✓ Charlottetown (September 1864)
✓ Québec (October 1864)
✗ London (December 1866)
Special notes
None
 
John Hamilton Gray (c.1814–1889)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. New Brunswick (1853–1861; 1864–1865)
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 11 12
New Brunswick 1 0 24 Z
TOTAL 6 0 6

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 21
CONF
 1 Speaker 52–53 21 Jun 1866 — 30 Jun 1867 1 0 9

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 4  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Timothy W. Anglin  m 
⊖ John W. Cudlip  m 
⊖ Charles N. Skinner  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph Coram  m 
⊖ James Quinton  m 
⊖ Robert D. Wilmot  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,930 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
6 June 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35649(F) — 9 Feb 2022 22:48 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±52
CONF
 4/8 2,294 57.59% +611 Loser:
IND
 1,683 42.25% Joseph Coram
After his election:
1 Jul 1867 ±53
CONF
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
1		 New Brunswick
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17592(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
±53
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,703 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
15 October 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35666(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±53		 Successor:
CONF
 1,269 26.98% George E. King
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,710 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
2		 New Brunswick
20 July 1872
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18482(F) — 25 Jun 2023 12:34 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±58		 Successor:
LIB
 2,204 57.17% Acalus L. Palmer

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Gray, John Hamilton		 16 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Gray, John Hamilton		 16 Mar 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Hon. John Hamilton Gray		 16 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’hon. John Hamilton Gray		 16 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Hamilton Gray, Q.C., M.P.		 16 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Hamilton Gray, c.r., député		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Hamilton Gray (New Brunswick politician)		 16 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Hamilton Gray (homme politique, 1814-1889)		 16 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Mar 2024 12:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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