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♂ Richard Burpee Hanson
aliasRichard Hanson
Record
25915 · 6921

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Birth 20 March 1879 → 145 years + 1 month ago
Lived 69 years + 3 months
First mandate 28 May 1921 → 102 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 2 months
Death 14 July 1948 → 75 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 1 month after 10 June 1945
Special notes
None
 
Richard Burpee Hanson (1879–1948)
© Photo 1940 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Fredericton, New Brunswick (1918–1920)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 19 6 26

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 17
LC
 1 Minister 55–56 17 Nov 1934 — 22 Oct 1935 0 11 5
2. CA 19
NCP
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 61–63 14 May 1940 — 31 Dec 1942 2 7 17
3. CA 19
NCP
 1 ✓ Party leader 61–62 14 May 1940 — 11 Nov 1941 1 5 28
 1. Trade and Commerce

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William G. Clark  m 
 		 ⊖ Ernest W. Stairs  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,267 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 New Brunswick
28 May 1921
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NLCP  Majority
ID: 21521(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
NLCP
 1/2 7,107 53.57% +947 Loser:
LIB
 6,160 46.43% Ernest W. Stairs

Service: 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,688 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
14		 New Brunswick
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21573(F) — 5 Jul 2023 17:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
NLCP
 1/2 7,777 52.95% +866 Loser:
LIB
 6,911 47.05% William J. Osborne
After his election:
16 Mar 1922 42
NLCP
 →
LC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,275 Votes: 11,843 Participation: 53.17% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 New Brunswick
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21844(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LC
 1/2 8,636 72.92% +5,429 Loser:
LIB
 3,207 27.08% Charles R. Hawkins
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 47
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 22,275 Votes: 12,910 Participation: 57.96% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 New Brunswick
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22097(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LC
 1/2 8,451 65.46% +3,992 Loser:
LIB
 4,459 34.54% Peter J. Hughes

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,329 Votes: 14,718 Participation: 65.91% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 New Brunswick
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22371(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LC
 1/2 10,166 69.07% +5,614 Loser:
LIB
 4,552 30.93% J.J. Fraser Winslow

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,820 Votes: 19,844 Participation: 79.95% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 New Brunswick
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22643(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LC
 2/3 9,042 45.57% -254 Winner:
LIB
 9,296 46.85% William G. Clark
Eligible: 26,887 Votes: 20,260 Participation: 75.35% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 New Brunswick
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22920(F) — 5 Jul 2023 21:20 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
61
NATG
 1/2 10,352 51.10% +444 Loser:
LIB
 9,908 48.90% Peter J. Hughes
After his election:
16 May 1940 61
NATG
 →
NCP
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
11 Dec 1942 63
NCP
 →
PC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,917 Votes: 22,455 Participation: 80.43% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 New Brunswick
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23180(F) — 27 Jan 2022 10:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 10,828 48.22% Hedley F.G. Bridges

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Richard Burpee Hanson, P.C.		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Richard Burpee Hanson, C.P.		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Richard Hanson (Canadian politician)		 14 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Richard Burpee Hanson		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 16:11 (but data presented dynamically)

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