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♂ John A. Chesley
aliasJohn A. Chesley
Record
10729 · 6784

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
New Brunswick 0 3 3
Total 1 4 5
Birth 10 May 1839 → 184 years + 11 months ago
Lived 83 years + 7 months
First mandate 22 November 1892 → 131 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 6 months
Death 28 December 1922 → 101 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 6 months after 22 June 1896
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 3 6 29

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
9 documented challengers
⊖ William Elder  m 
⊖ David McLellan  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William A. Quinton  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Rourke  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Edward Willis  m 
 		 ⊖ John V. Ellis  m 
⊖ William Pugsley  m 
⊖ Robert J. Ritchie  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alfred A. Stockton  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,319 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
22 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32054(F) — 10 Feb 2022 20:27 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
43
CONS
 6/8 1,708 44.60% -189 Winner:
LIB
 1,897 49.53% William A. Quinton
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,661 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
23 August 1883
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32067(F) — 13 Oct 2022 23:01 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
44
CONS
 4/5 1,101 28.74% -1,298 Winner:
CONS
 2,399 62.62% Alfred A. Stockton
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,545 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
26		 New Brunswick
26 April 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32086(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
46
CONS
 6/9 1,912 39.13% -617 Winner:
CONS
 2,529 51.76% Alfred A. Stockton
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
7		 New Brunswick
22 November 1892
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19991(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
53
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,203 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
8		 New Brunswick
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20037(F) — 22 Jan 2022 20:42 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
CONS
 2/3 2,527 35.08% -722 Winner:
LIB
 3,249 45.11% John V. Ellis

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Alexander Chesley, M.P.		 20 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Alexander Chesley, député		 20 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Alexander Chesley		 20 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
John Alexander Chesley		 20 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Sep 2023 20:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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