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♂ Alfred A. Stockton
aliasAlfred A. Stockton
Record
59231 · 6855

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
New Brunswick 5 1 6
Total 6 2 8
Birth 2 November 1842 → 181 years + 5 months ago
Lived 64 years + 4 months
First mandate 23 August 1883 → 140 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 9 months
Death 15 March 1907 → 117 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 2 4 9
New Brunswick 15 5 29 Z
TOTAL 17 10 8

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 27–29
CONS
 1 Party leader 49–56 02 Apr 1892 — 18 Feb 1899 6 10 16
2. NB 28–29
CONS
 1 Opposition Leader 49–56 22 Oct 1892 — 17 Feb 1899 6 3 26

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
13 documented challengers
⊖ Silas Alward  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles B. Lockhart  m 
⊖ David McLellan  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William A. Quinton  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George Robertson  m 
⊖ William Shaw  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph J. Tucker  m 
 		 ⊖ John A. Chesley  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Harrison A. McKeown  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Daniel S. Purdy  m 
⊖ Robert J. Ritchie  m 
⊖ James Rourke  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Albert C. Smith  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
CONS
 2/5 2,399 62.62% +986 Loser:
IND
 1,413 36.88% James McNichol

Service: 2 years 8 months 2 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CONS
 4/9 2,529 51.76% +441 Loser:
CONS
 2,088 42.73% James Rourke

Service: 3 years 8 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 35,668 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
27		 New Brunswick
20 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32110(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CONS
 2/8 4,919 55.16% +763 Loser:
LIB
 4,156 46.61% David McLellan

Service: 2 years 9 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,370 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
22 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32130(F) — 16 Jun 2023 21:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
49
CONS
 3/7 3,358 62.85% +729 Loser:
IND
 2,629 49.20% Arthur Trueman

Service: 2 years 11 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 New Brunswick
9 October 1895
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32151(F) — 16 Jun 2023 21:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
CONS
 4/4 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 4 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 28,966 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32175(F) — 15 Sep 2021 21:55 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
56
CONS
 6/8 3,451 47.65% -156 Winner:
CONS
 3,607 49.81% William Shaw
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,122 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 New Brunswick
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20293(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
58
CONS
 2/2 4,673 46.17% -776 Winner:
LIB
 5,449 53.83% Joseph J. Tucker
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,565 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 New Brunswick
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20542(F) — 23 Jan 2022 12:33 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
62
CONS
 1/2 5,601 53.01% +637 Loser:
LIB
 4,964 46.99% Harrison A. McKeown
After his election:
15 Mar 1907 64
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 4 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
10		 New Brunswick
18 September 1907
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20772(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. William Pugsley

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Stockton, Alfred Augustus		 20 Sep 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Stockton, Alfred Augustus		 20 Sep 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Alfred Augustus Stockton, M.P.		 20 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Alfred Augustus Stockton, député		 20 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alfred Augustus Stockton		 20 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Alfred Augustus Stockton		 20 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Sep 2023 20:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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