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♂ Samuel J. Hefferton
aliasSamuel J. Hefferton
Record
26867 · 5819

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 0 3
Birth 28 March 1896 → 128 years + 1 month ago
Lived 83 years + 10 months
First mandate 27 May 1949 → 74 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 1 month
Death 16 February 1980 → 44 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 5 months after 19 August 1959
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
Newfoundland and Labrador 10 2 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 6,983 Votes: 4,779 Participation: 68.44% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
29		 Newfoundland and Labrador
27 May 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26049(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 3,727 78.40% +2,700 Loser:
PC
 1,027 21.60% James Mifflin

Service: 2 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,983 Votes: 3,983 Participation: 57.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
30		 Newfoundland and Labrador
26 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26074(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 3,159 79.55% +2,347 Loser:
PC
 812 20.45% Martin Bourne

Service: 4 years 10 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,806 Votes: 2,973 Participation: 51.21% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
31		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26100(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 2,419 81.94% +1,886 Loser:
PC
 533 18.06% Charles Bailey

Service: 2 years 10 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,806 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
32		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 August 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26145(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Uriah F. Strickland

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Samuel J. Hefferton		 12 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Aug 2023 22:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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