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♂ William Pugsley
aliasWilliam Pugsley
Record
51051 · 6856

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 91%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
New Brunswick 7 0 7
Total 10 1 11
Birth 27 September 1850 → 173 years + 7 months ago
Lived 74 years + 5 months
First mandate 4 July 1885 → 138 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 9 months
Death 3 March 1925 → 99 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 2 months after 16 December 1917
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 10 2 26
New Brunswick 15 8 20 Z
TOTAL 25 11 17

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 26
LIB
 1 Speaker 36–38 03 Mar 1887 — 14 May 1889 2 2 11
2. NB 30–31
LIB
 1 Minister 49–56 01 Sep 1900 — 30 May 1907 6 8 29
3. NB 31
LIB
 1 Premier 56 06 Mar 1907 — 30 May 1907 0 2 24
4. NB 31
LIB
 1 Party leader 56 06 Mar 1907 — 30 May 1907 0 2 24
5. CA 10–11
LIB
 1 Minister 56–61 30 Aug 1907 — 06 Oct 1911 4 1 6
 2. Attorney General
 5. Public Works

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 14  
10 documented challengers
⊖ John A. Chesley  m 
⊖ George W. Fowler  m 
⊖ Robert E. McLeod  m 
⊖ George G. Scovill  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George L. Taylor  m 
 		 ⊖ John V. Ellis  m 
⊖ Ora P. King  m 
⊖ Henry A. Powell  m 
⊖ Frederick M. Sproule  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Albert S. White  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,329 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 New Brunswick
4 July 1885
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32073(F) — 1 Sep 2023 18:31 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 1/2 1,887 56.68% +445 Loser:
IND
 1,442 43.32% Robert E. McLeod

Service: 9 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,477 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
26		 New Brunswick
26 April 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32080(F) — 20 Sep 2023 20:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/6 1,765 62.46% +592 Loser:
IND
 1,173 41.51% Charles Keith
After his election:
10 May 1889 38
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 3 years 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
26		 New Brunswick
25 May 1889
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32098(F) — 13 Oct 2022 23:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 New Brunswick
12 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32104(F) — 20 Sep 2023 20:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 9 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,695 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 New Brunswick
22 October 1892
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32125(F) — 20 Sep 2023 20:43 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
CONS
 1,955 54.84% Gabriel H. Flewelling
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 but elected later to Parliament
Age
45
IND
 3/3 1,427 19.81% -1,822 Winner:
LIB
 3,249 45.11% John V. Ellis
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,903 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32170(F) — 20 Sep 2023 20:43 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
48
LIB
 3/6 2,398 51.75% +159 Loser:
CONS
 2,239 48.32% Montgomery H. Campbell
After his election:
10 Sep 1900 49
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 6 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,653 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
27 September 1900
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32183(F) — 16 Jun 2023 21:37 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 2,241 61.35% +829 Loser:
IND
 1,412 38.65% Frederick M. Sproule

Service: 2 years 5 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,616 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
31		 New Brunswick
28 February 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32197(F) — 20 Sep 2023 20:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 2/6 2,210 52.56% +133 Loser:
IND
 2,077 49.39% Frederick M. Sproule
After his election:
20 Aug 1907 56
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 4 years 5 months 23 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
56
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 1 month 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,280 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
32		 New Brunswick
3 March 1908
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32223(F) — 20 Sep 2023 20:43 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
CONS
 2,335 52.74% James A. Murray
Eligible: 14,347 Votes: 10,947 Participation: 76.30% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 New Brunswick
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20803(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 5,582 52.32% +496 Loser:
CONS
 5,086 47.68% Alexander W. MacRae

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,655 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 New Brunswick
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21042(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 4,360 50.38% +65 Loser:
CONS
 4,295 49.62% Henry A. Powell

Service: 6 years 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 38,429 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
13		 New Brunswick
17 December 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21300(F) — 5 Jul 2023 16:44 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
UNIO
 13,594 70.75% Stanley E. Elkin

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
William Pugsley		 20 Sep 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Pugsley, William		 20 Sep 2023
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Pugsley, William		 20 Sep 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Pugsley, William		 20 Sep 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Hon. William Pugsley		 20 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’hon. William Pugsley		 20 Sep 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. William Pugsley, P.C., M.P.		 20 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. William Pugsley, C.P., député		 20 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Pugsley		 20 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
William Pugsley		 20 Sep 2023

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