♂ Richard B. Hanson

Record
25915 · 6921
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 86%
 
Canada 7 6 1
Birth Death Lived Died in office
20 March 1879
(145 years 1 month ago)
14 July 1948
(75 years 9 months ago)
69 years 3 months No
Service in elected office
Legislature Total Government Opposition
Canada
Days years months days
7,149 19 6 25
Days years months days
2,094 5 8 23
Days years months days
5,055 13 10 3
The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations.
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
→ 7 recorded electoral participations
→ 8 electoral path points
 
→ 2 documented challengers:
 
William G. Clark  m 
Ernest W. Stairs  m 
 
Federal
Ass.: 13
New Brunswick York--Sunbury
28 May 1921 Age:
42
→ New to Parliament
By-Election 1/2 NLCP 53.57% 7,107 of 13,267 Elig.: inc. Parti.: inc.
Loser > LIB 46.43% 6,160 (-947) Ernest W. Stairs  m  ( 48 )
ID: 21521(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET Service: 0 year 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Federal
Ass.: 14
New Brunswick York--Sunbury
6 December 1921 Age:
42
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/2 NLCP 52.95% 7,777 of 14,688 Elig.: inc. Parti.: inc.
Loser > LIB 47.05% 6,911 (-866) William J. Osborne  m 
  Post-Election...
16 March 1922 > ?? NLCP LC Changed allegiance
ID: 21573(F) — 5 Jul 2023 17:19 ET Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Federal
Ass.: 15
New Brunswick York--Sunbury
29 October 1925 Age:
46
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/2 LC 72.92% 8,636 of 11,843 Elig.: 22,275 Parti.: 53.17%
Loser > LIB 27.08% 3,207 (-5,429) Charles R. Hawkins  m 
  Post-Election...
29 June 1926 > ?? LIB LC
ID: 21844(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:32 ET Service: 0 year 10 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Federal
Ass.: 16
New Brunswick York--Sunbury
14 September 1926 Age:
47
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/2 LC 65.46% 8,451 of 12,910 Elig.: 22,275 Parti.: 57.96%
Loser > LIB 34.54% 4,459 (-3,992) Peter J. Hughes  m 
ID: 22097(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Federal
Ass.: 17
New Brunswick York--Sunbury
28 July 1930 Age:
51
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/2 LC 69.07% 10,166 of 14,718 Elig.: 22,329 Parti.: 65.91%
Loser > LIB 30.93% 4,552 (-5,614) J.J. Fraser Winslow  m 
ID: 22371(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Federal
Ass.: 18
New Brunswick York--Sunbury
14 October 1935 Age:
56
Defeated incumbent Exit from legislature →
General 2/3 LC 45.57% 9,042 of 19,844 Elig.: 24,820 Parti.: 79.95%
Winner > LIB 46.85% 9,296 (+254) William G. Clark  m  ( 70 )
ID: 22643(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
Federal
Ass.: 19
New Brunswick York--Sunbury
26 March 1940 Age:
61
→ Returned to Parliament after hiatus
General 1/2 NATG 51.10% 10,352 of 20,260 Elig.: 26,887 Parti.: 75.35%
Loser > LIB 48.90% 9,908 (-444) Peter J. Hughes  m 
  Post-Election...
16 May 1940 > ?? NATG NCP Changed allegiance
11 December 1942 > ?? NCP PC Changed allegiance
ID: 22920(F) — 5 Jul 2023 21:20 ET Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Federal
Ass.: 20
New Brunswick York--Sunbury
11 June 1945 Age:
66
Incumbent did not run in this election Exit from legislature →
General  
Successor > LIB 48.22% 10,828 of 22,455 Hedley F.G. Bridges  m  ( 43 )
ID: 23180(F) — 27 Jan 2022 10:29 ET
→ 4 online biographical references
 
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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
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 @ 16:11 ET
Gen.: 25 Apr 2024 @ 18:12 ET