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♂ Samuel Drover
aliasSamuel Drover
Record
17091 · 5821

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 3 3
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 3 5
Total 2 6 8
Birth c. 1911 → 113 years ago
Lived ± 94 years
First mandate 27 May 1949 → 74 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 38 years
Death 20 June 2005 → 18 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 48 years + 8 months after 1 October 1956
Special notes
None
 
Samuel Drover (c.1911–2005)
© Photo 1949 HodgesCove (Drover at right) — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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 7 4 4 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 30–31
CCF
 1 Party leader 44–45 15 Jan 1955 — 31 Dec 1956 1 11 16

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Charles R.M. Granger  m 
⊖ C. Maxwell Lane  m 
⊖ R. David Rooney  m 
⊖ James R. Tucker  m 
 		 ⊖ Harold A. Horwood  m 
⊖ Arthur S. Mifflin  m 
⊖ Frederick W. Rowe  m 
 
Eligible: 5,663 Votes: 4,466 Participation: 78.86% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
29		 Newfoundland and Labrador
27 May 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26052(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±38
LIB
 1/2 4,023 90.61% +3,606 Loser:
PC
 417 9.39% Frederick Wells

Service: 2 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,663 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
30		 Newfoundland and Labrador
26 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26077(F) — 6 Jul 2023 08:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±40
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
15 Jan 1955 ±44
LIB
 →
CCF
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 4 years 10 months 5 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,380 Votes: 1,714 Participation: 72.02% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
31		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26112(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
±45
CCF
 2/2 269 15.77% -1,168 Winner:
LIB
 1,437 84.23% Frederick W. Rowe
Eligible: 6,878 Votes: 3,873 Participation: 56.31% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 August 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26144(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±48
IND
 2/3 619 16.01% -2,081 Winner:
LIB
 2,700 69.84% Arthur S. Mifflin
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,615 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25099(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±54
ILIB
 3/4 1,022 6.15% -9,355 Winner:
LIB
 10,377 62.46% James R. Tucker
Eligible: 7,555 Votes: 3,530 Participation: 46.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14628(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±55
IND
 2/3 667 18.95% -1,548 Winner:
LIB
 2,215 62.93% C. Maxwell Lane
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,838 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 November 1967
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25302(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±56
IND
 3/3 370 2.49% -7,742 Winner:
LIB
 8,112 54.67% Charles R.M. Granger
Eligible: 42,012 Votes: 23,009 Participation: 54.77% Candidacies: 5
Federal
29		 Newfoundland and Labrador
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10193(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±61
IND
 4/5 616 2.68% -12,019 Winner:
LIB
 12,635 54.91% R. David Rooney

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Sam Drover		 02 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Mar 2024 14:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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