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♂ Arthur B. Copp
aliasArthur B. Copp
Record
12452 · 6919

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 78%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
New Brunswick 3 2 5
Total 7 2 9
Birth 10 July 1870 → 153 years + 9 months ago
Lived 79 years + 4 months
First mandate 14 February 1901 → 123 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 7 months
Death 5 December 1949 → 74 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 1 month after 28 October 1925
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 10 8 3
New Brunswick 11 4 1 Z
TOTAL 22 0 4

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 32
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 41 11 Oct 1911 — 19 Jun 1912 0 8 8
2. NB 32
LIB
 1 Party leader 41 01 Feb 1912 — 20 Jun 1912 0 4 19
3. CA 14
LIB
 1 Minister 51–55 29 Dec 1921 — 24 Sep 1925 3 8 26
 3. Secretary of State of Canada

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
12 documented challengers
⊖ Frank B. Black  m  (5 runoffs)
⊖ Clément M. Léger  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Patrick G. Mahoney  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Otto B. Price  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Clifford W. Robinson  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Francis J. Sweeney  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ William F. Humphrey  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Fred Magee  m 
⊖ Olivier-Maximin Melanson  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Ambroise D. Richard  m 
⊖ Frederick W. Sumner  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ W. Woodbury Wells  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,971 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32179(F) — 10 Feb 2022 22:36 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
28
LIB
 8/8 3,857 48.25% -165 Winner:
LIB
 4,022 50.32% W. Woodbury Wells
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
14 February 1901
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32189(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,448 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
31		 New Brunswick
28 February 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32206(F) — 16 Jun 2023 07:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
LIB
 1/8 4,151 56.38% +550 Loser:
IND
 3,601 48.91% William F. Humphrey

Service: 5 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 32,860 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
32		 New Brunswick
3 March 1908
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32232(F) — 16 Jun 2023 07:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 2/8 4,364 53.12% +439 Loser:
CONS
 3,925 47.78% Frederick W. Sumner

Service: 4 years 3 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,962 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
20 June 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32261(F) — 16 Jun 2023 07:51 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
41
LIB
 5/8 3,045 46.91% -391 Winner:
CONS
 3,436 52.93% Olivier-Maximin Melanson
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
 UNIO  10 Oct 1917
ID: 21264(F) — 1 Jul 2023 17:48 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
44
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
10 Oct 1917 47
LIB
 →
UNIO
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
12 Oct 1917 47
LIB
 →
LL
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 2 years 10 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,627 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 New Brunswick
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21308(F) — 1 Jul 2023 17:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LL
 1/2 6,645 57.15% +1,663 Loser:
UNIO
 4,982 42.85% Otto B. Price
After his election:
1 Mar 1919 48
LL
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,590 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
14		 New Brunswick
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21572(F) — 23 Jan 2022 23:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/4 12,646 61.42% +7,762 Loser:
NLCP
 4,884 23.72% Otto B. Price
After his election:
29 Dec 1921 51
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
14		 New Brunswick
19 January 1922
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21754(F) — 11 Oct 2022 19:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 31,221 Votes: 19,586 Participation: 62.73% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 New Brunswick
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21843(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:30 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
LC
 11,806 60.28% Otto B. Price

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Arthur Bliss Copp, P.C., M.P., Senator		 16 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Arthur Bliss Copp, C.P., député, sénateur		 16 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Bliss Copp		 16 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Arthur Bliss Copp		 16 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Sep 2023 09:02 (but data presented dynamically)

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