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♂ Merrill E. Barrington
aliasMerrill E. Barrington
Record
2866 · 7675

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 3 4
Birth 25 February 1920 → 104 years + 2 months ago
Lived 45 years + 9 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 38 years + 1 month
Death 18 December 1965 → 58 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 6 months after 17 June 1962
Special notes
None
 
Merrill E. Barrington (1920–1965)
© Photo — Public domain
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 4 2 17

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Jean Boucher  m  (4 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 24,468 Votes: 18,295 Participation: 74.77% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Québec
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23852(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
33
PC
 2/2 7,003 38.68% -4,101 Winner:
LIB
 11,104 61.32% Jean Boucher
Eligible: 27,495 Votes: 19,539 Participation: 71.06% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24136(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
37
PC
 2/3 6,907 35.75% -3,159 Winner:
LIB
 10,066 52.10% Jean Boucher
Eligible: 27,495 Votes: 18,837 Participation: 68.51% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24402(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
PC
 1/2 12,365 65.64% +5,893 Loser:
LIB
 6,472 34.36% Jean Boucher

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,963 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24679(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
PC
 2/3 9,260 42.16% -1,045 Winner:
LIB
 10,305 46.92% Jean Boucher

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Merrill Edwin Barrington, M.P.		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Merrill Edwin Barrington, député		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Merrill Edwin Barrington		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Merrill Edwin Barrington		 25 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Feb 2024 13:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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