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♂ John Costigan
aliasJohn Costigan
Record
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Irish-Canadian    Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 91%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 10 0 10
New Brunswick 0 1 1
Total 10 1 11
Birth 1 February 1835 → 189 years + 2 months ago
Lived 81 years + 7 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 6 months
Death 29 September 1916 → 107 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 8 months after 15 January 1907
Special notes
None
 
John Costigan (1835–1916) 200x323
© Photo — Public domain
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 39 4 29

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 4–7
CONS
 1 Minister 47–56 23 May 1882 — 06 Jun 1891 9 0 14
2. CA 7
CONS
 1 Minister 57–59 05 Dec 1892 — 12 Dec 1894 2 0 7
3. CA 7
CONS
 1 Minister 59–61 21 Dec 1894 — 08 Jul 1896 1 6 17
4. CA 7
CONS
 1 ✓ Minister 60 06 Jan 1896 — 14 Jan 1896 0 0 8
 1. Inland Revenue
 2. Secretary of State of Canada
 3. Marine and Fisheries
 4. Trade and Commerce [Int]

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 12  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Benjamin Beveridge  m 
⊖ Vital Hébert  m 
⊖ Thomas Lawson  m 
 		 ⊖ William B. Beveridge  m 
⊖ Frederick Laforest  m 
⊖ Lévite Thériault  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,282 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 New Brunswick
6 June 1866
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONF  Majority
ID: 35651(F) — 24 Sep 2023 20:09 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
31
CONF
 3/4 556 48.73% -31 Winner:
IND
 587 51.45% Vital Hébert
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,343 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
1		 New Brunswick
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17589(F) — 17 Nov 2023 20:59 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
LC
 1/3 778 57.93% +229 Loser:
CONS
 549 40.88% William B. Beveridge

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,420 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 New Brunswick
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18491(F) — 25 Jun 2023 13:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LC
 1/2 1,141 80.35% +862 Loser:
IND
 279 19.65% H. Bossé
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 38
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,166 Votes: 1,297 Participation: 59.88% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 New Brunswick
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18723(F) — 28 Nov 2021 09:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LC
 1/2 868 66.92% +439 Loser:
IND
 429 33.08% François-Xavier Bernier

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,414 Votes: 1,218 Participation: 50.46% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 New Brunswick
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19009(F) — 28 Nov 2021 12:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LC
 1/2 831 69.31% +463 Loser:
IND
 368 30.69% François-Xavier Bernier

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
5		 New Brunswick
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19205(F) — 28 Nov 2021 14:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,264 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 New Brunswick
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19409(F) — 28 Nov 2021 17:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LC
 1/2 1,286 56.80% +308 Loser:
LIB
 978 43.20% Lévite Thériault

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,159 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 New Brunswick
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19757(F) — 14 Jun 2023 23:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LC
 1/2 1,427 66.10% +695 Loser:
LIB
 732 33.90% Thomas Lawson

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,182 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 New Brunswick
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20045(F) — 28 Nov 2021 19:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LC
 1/2 1,864 58.58% +546 Loser:
LIB
 1,318 41.42% Frederick Laforest

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
9		 New Brunswick
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20301(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,164 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 New Brunswick
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20550(F) — 23 Jan 2022 12:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/2 2,176 68.77% +1,188 Loser:
CONS
 988 31.23% Judson C. Manzer
After his election:
15 Jan 1907 71
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 years 2 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
10		 New Brunswick
5 March 1907
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20769(F) — 5 Sep 2022 18:08 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
72		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Pius Michaud

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Costigan, John		 17 Nov 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Costigan, John		 17 Nov 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Costigan, P.C., M.P., Senator		 17 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Costigan, C.P., député, sénateur		 17 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Costigan		 17 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
John Costigan		 17 Nov 2023

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