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♂ Henry R. Emmerson
aliasHenry R. Emmerson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 77%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 2 7
New Brunswick 5 1 6
Total 10 3 13
Birth 25 September 1853 → 170 years + 7 months ago
Lived 60 years + 9 months
First mandate 28 September 1888 → 135 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 35 years
Death 9 July 1914 → 109 years + 9 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Henry R. Emmerson (1853–1914)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Henry R. Emmerson (1883–1954) Son  
 
Well that's interesting!
The Liberal Emmerson was the 9th Premier of New Brunswick from October 1897 to August 1900, at which time he resigned to be elected the federal MP for West­mor­land. His alcoholism and reputation as a womanizer hampered his career; he was forced to resign from Laurier's cabinet in 1907, after a newspaper reported that he had been thrown out of a Montreal hotel with "two women of ill repute."
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 13 7 12
New Brunswick 9 1 9 Z
TOTAL 22 8 22

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 29–30
LIB
 1 Premier 44–46 29 Oct 1897 — 31 Aug 1900 2 10 2
2. NB 29–30
LIB
 1 Party leader 44–46 29 Oct 1897 — 31 Aug 1900 2 10 2
3. NB 30
LIB
 1 Minister 46 01 Feb 1900 — 31 Aug 1900 0 6 30
4. CA 9–10
LIB
 1 Minister 50–53 15 Jan 1904 — 02 Apr 1907 3 2 18
 3. Attorney General
 4. Railways and Canals

Electoral history

Races 13  
Path points 15  
9 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Lewis  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ John L. Peck  m 
⊖ Medley G. Siddall  m 
⊖ Gaius S. Turner  m 
⊖ Josiah Wood  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles J. Osman  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Henry A. Powell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick W. Sumner  m 
⊖ Richard C. Weldon  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,962 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 New Brunswick
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19410(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
33
LIB
 2/2 2,710 45.45% -542 Winner:
CONS
 3,252 54.55% Josiah Wood
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,488 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 New Brunswick
28 September 1888
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32096(F) — 10 Feb 2022 21:31 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 1/2 908 61.02% +328 Loser:
IND
 580 38.98% William J. Lewis
After his election:
5 Feb 1889 35
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 4 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,319 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 New Brunswick
23 February 1889
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32097(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/2 924 70.05% +529 Loser:
IND
 395 29.95% Peter Duffy

Service: 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,468 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 New Brunswick
20 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32099(F) — 10 Feb 2022 21:38 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
36
LIB
 4/4 1,095 49.02% -15 Winner:
CONS
 1,110 49.69% Gaius S. Turner
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,116 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 New Brunswick
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19745(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
37
LIB
 2/2 1,020 48.20% -76 Winner:
CONS
 1,096 51.80% Richard C. Weldon
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,578 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
22 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32120(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
39
LIB
 2/4 1,225 68.47% +462 Loser:
IND
 763 42.65% Wilford Jonah

Service: 2 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,052 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 New Brunswick
16 October 1895
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32141(F) — 10 Feb 2022 22:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 2/4 1,203 59.38% +367 Loser:
IND
 836 41.26% George Melvin

Service: 3 years 4 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,932 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32165(F) — 10 Feb 2022 22:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
45
LIB
 1/4 1,355 54.95% +233 Loser:
CONS
 1,122 45.50% John L. Peck
After his election:
31 Aug 1900 46
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 6 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,301 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
29 September 1900
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32184(F) — 13 Sep 2021 06:52 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
IND
 1,273 55.32% Sanford S. Ryan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,354 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 New Brunswick
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20302(F) — 23 Jan 2022 09:22 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 4,420 52.91% +486 Loser:
CONS
 3,934 47.09% Henry A. Powell
After his election:
15 Jan 1904 50
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 3 years 2 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
9		 New Brunswick
30 January 1904
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20514(F) — 11 Oct 2022 19:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 9 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,440 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 New Brunswick
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20551(F) — 23 Jan 2022 12:37 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 4,693 55.60% +946 Loser:
CONS
 3,747 44.40% Henry A. Powell

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,359 Votes: 8,840 Participation: 77.82% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 New Brunswick
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20812(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 5,047 57.95% +1,385 Loser:
CONS
 3,662 42.05% Frederick W. Sumner

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,840 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 New Brunswick
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21050(F) — 23 Jan 2022 16:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 4,452 50.36% +64 Loser:
CONS
 4,388 49.64% Medley G. Siddall
After his election:
9 Jul 1914 60
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
12		 New Brunswick
1 February 1915
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21264(F) — 1 Jul 2023 17:48 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Arthur B. Copp

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Emmerson, Henry Robert		 25 Feb 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Emmerson, Henry Robert		 25 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Henry Robert Emmerson, P.C., K.C., M.P., Senator		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Henry Robert Emmerson, C.P., C.R., député, sénateur		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Henry Emmerson		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Henry Robert Emmerson		 25 Feb 2024

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