Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Isaac Burpee
aliasIsaac Burpee
Record
8388 · 5106

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 100%
 
Canada 5 0 5
Birth 28 November 1825 → 198 years + 5 months ago
Lived 59 years + 3 months
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 7 months
Death 1 March 1885 → 139 years + 1 month ago
Died in office Yes
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
Canada 12 6 14

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 2–3
LIB
1 Minister 47–52 07 Nov 1873 — 08 Oct 1878 4 11 1
2. CA 3
LIB
1 Minister 51 15 Dec 1876 — 25 Jan 1877 0 1 10
 1. Customs
 2. Agriculture [Int]

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
William Elder  m 
Charles A. Everett  m 
Acalus L. Palmer  m  (3 runoffs)
 
John V. Ellis  m 
George E. King  m 
Charles W. Weldon  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18482(F) — 25 Jun 2023 12:34 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
46
LIB
1/4 3,249 84.28% +1,478 Loser:
LIB
1,771 45.94% William Elder
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 47
CONS
LIB
Change of government (became part of government)
7 Nov 1873 47
LIB
Vac.
Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 3 months 18 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2
New Brunswick
1 December 1873
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 18692(F) — 11 Oct 2022 15:18 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
1/1 By acclamation

Service:
1 month 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,592 Votes: 6,648 Participation: 59.44% Candidacies: 3
Federal
3
New Brunswick
22 January 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18714(F) — 20 Jan 2022 21:28 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
1/3 2,826 85.02% +1,265 Loser:
LIB
1,561 46.96% John V. Ellis

Service:
4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,979 Votes: 9,388 Participation: 78.51% Candidacies: 4
Federal
4
New Brunswick
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19000(F) — 21 Jan 2022 13:07 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
1/4 2,686 57.22% +506 Loser:
CONS
2,180 46.44% George E. King

Service:
3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,473 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
5
New Brunswick
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19196(F) — 21 Jan 2022 20:47 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
1/4 2,459 58.04% +534 Loser:
CONS
1,925 45.43% Charles A. Everett
After his election:
1 Mar 1885 59
LIB
Vac.
Died in office
Service: 2 years 8 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
5
New Brunswick
20 October 1885
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19675(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
Deceased
Age
59
Successor:
CONS
Acclam. Charles A. Everett

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Burpee, Isaac
20 Sep 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Burpee, Isaac
20 Sep 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Isaac Burpee, P.C., M.P.
20 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Isaac Burpee, C.P., député
20 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Isaac Burpee
20 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Isaac Burpee
20 Sep 2023


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Sep 2023 20:29 (but data presented dynamically)