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♂ William Lawrence Marven Creaghan
aliasWilliam Creaghan
Record
13363 · 10107

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 30 May 1922 → 102 years + 1 month ago
Lived 86 years + 4 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 10 months
Death 1 October 2008 → 15 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 46 years + 3 months after 17 June 1962
Special notes
None
 
William Lawrence Marven Creaghan (1922–2008)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Moncton, New Brunswick (1952–1958)
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 4 2 17

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Henry Murphy  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Sherwood Rideout  m 
 
Eligible: 47,744 Votes: 39,652 Participation: 83.05% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 New Brunswick
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24015(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
35
PC
 2/4 16,478 42.04% -3,395 Winner:
LIB
 19,873 50.70% Henry J. Murphy
Eligible: 47,744 Votes: 41,746 Participation: 87.44% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 New Brunswick
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24281(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
PC
 1/4 20,149 48.27% +1,552 Loser:
LIB
 18,597 44.55% Henry J. Murphy

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,836 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 New Brunswick
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24558(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
PC
 2/4 17,818 41.60% -516 Winner:
LIB
 18,334 42.80% Sherwood H. Rideout

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. William Lawrence Marven Creaghan, M.P.		 21 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. William Lawrence Marven Creaghan, député		 21 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Creaghan		 21 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
William Creaghan		 21 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Jun 2024 20:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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