♂ Bliss Botsford

Record
5985 · 10933
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 100%
 
New Brunswick 2 2 0
Birth Death Lived Died in office
26 November 1813
(210 years 4 months ago)
5 April 1890
(133 years 11 months ago)
76 years 4 months No
Service in elected office
Legislature Total Government Opposition
New Brunswick
Days years months days
1,659 4 6 15
Days years months days
0 0 0 0
Days years months days
1,659 4 6 15
Leadership role
  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 21 IND 1 Speaker 54–56 13 Feb 1868 — 31 May 1870 2 3 18
Electoral history
→ 2 recorded electoral participations
→ 3 electoral path points
 
→ 9 documented challengers:
 
William J. Gilbert  m  (2 runoffs)
Daniel L. Hanington  m 
Amand Landry  m 
Pierre-Amand Landry  m 
Angus McQueen  m  (2 runoffs)
Joseph L. Moore  m 
Acalus L. Palmer  m 
Albert J. Smith  m 
James Steadman  m 
 
Provincial
Ass.: 21
New Brunswick Westmorland
5 June 1866 Age:
52
Re-elected incumbent
General 2/8 IND 58.26% 1,841 of 12,641 Elig.: inc. Parti.: inc.
Loser > CONS 44.91% 1,419 (-422) Acalus L. Palmer  m  ( 45 )
ID: 35652(F) — 14 Jun 2023 22:49 ET Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 22
New Brunswick Westmorland
5 July 1870 Age:
56
Re-elected incumbent
General 3/10 IND 52.80% 1,216 of 9,212 Elig.: inc. Parti.: inc.
Loser > CONS 47.63% 1,097 (-119) Daniel L. Hanington  m  ( 35 )
  Post-Election...
10 December 1870 > ?? IND Vac. Resigned: To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
ID: 31982(F) — 14 Jun 2023 22:49 ET Service: 0 year 5 months 5 days (Oppo.) Exit from legislature →
Provincial
Ass.: 22
New Brunswick Westmorland
26 December 1870 Age:
57
Incumbent did not run in this election Exit from legislature →
By-Election  
Successor > CONS 60.30% 1,358 of 2,252 Daniel L. Hanington  m  ( 35 )
ID: 32004(F) — 14 Jun 2023 22:49 ET
→ 6 online biographical references
 
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EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Botsford, Bliss 11 Feb 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada: Botsford, Bliss 11 Feb 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly: Hon. Bliss Botsford 11 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick: L’hon. Bliss Botsford 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia: Bliss Botsford 11 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia: Bliss Botsford 11 Feb 2024
Rev.: 11 Feb 2024 @ 22:22 ET
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