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♂ George Johnson Clarke
aliasGeorge Clarke
Record
11372 · 10743

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 4 1 5
Birth 10 October 1857 → 166 years + 8 months ago
Lived 59 years + 4 months
First mandate 28 February 1903 → 121 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 4 months
Death 26 February 1917 → 107 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 3 days after 23 February 1917
Special notes
None
 
George Johnson Clarke (1857–1917)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, New Brunswick — 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 St. Stephen, New Brunswick (1898–1899)
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
New Brunswick 13 11 6 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 32–33
CONS
 1 Speaker 51–56 18 Mar 1909 — 22 Jan 1914 4 10 4
2. NB 33
CONS
 1 Minister 56–57 22 Jan 1914 — 16 Dec 1914 0 10 24
3. NB 33
CONS
 1 Premier 57–59 07 Dec 1914 — 31 Jan 1917 2 1 24
4. NB 33
CONS
 1 Party leader 57–59 07 Dec 1914 — 31 Jan 1917 2 1 24
 2. Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
10 documented challengers
⊖ John D. Chipman  m 
⊖ Ward C.H. Grimmer  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas A. Hartt  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ James O'Brien  m 
⊖ Henry I. Taylor  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Daniel Gillmor  m 
⊖ Scott D. Guptill  m 
⊖ George Hill  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Russell  m 
⊖ William F. Todd  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,362 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
30		 New Brunswick
18 February 1899
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32167(F) — 5 Sep 2023 10:47 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
41
CONS
 7/8 2,075 45.20% -363 Winner:
LIB
 2,438 53.10% James O'Brien
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,138 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
31		 New Brunswick
28 February 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32194(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
CONS
 3/9 2,064 54.53% +326 Loser:
LIB
 1,738 45.92% George M. Byron

Service: 5 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,121 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
32		 New Brunswick
3 March 1908
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32220(F) — 11 Feb 2022 12:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CONS
 2/8 2,482 54.79% +386 Loser:
LIB
 2,096 46.27% George M. Byron

Service: 4 years 3 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,276 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
20 June 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32249(F) — 11 Feb 2022 22:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
CONS
 2/8 2,678 62.01% +1,017 Loser:
LIB
 1,661 38.46% Harry W. Mann
After his election:
1 Feb 1914 56
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 7 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
19 February 1914
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32266(F) — 13 Oct 2022 23:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
CONS
 1/2 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,606 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
24 February 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32274(F) — 16 Jun 2023 21:18 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
CONS
 2,451 55.68% Harry W. Smith

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Hon. George Johnson Clarke		 14 Jun 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’hon. George Johnson Clarke		 14 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Johnson Clarke		 14 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
George Johnson Clarke		 14 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Jun 2024 21:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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