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♂ John Sarsfield O'Brien
aliasJohn O'Brien
Record
46675 · 10232

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 12 August 1866 → 158 years + 2 months ago
Lived 68 years + 8 months
1st mandate 16 January 1913 → 111 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 5 months
Death 7 May 1935 → 89 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 10 months after 19 June 1916
Special notes
None
 

John Sarsfield O'Brien (1866–1935)
No image available
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
Nova Scotia 3 5 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Christopher Chisholm  m 
⊖ Frederick Trotter  m 
 		 ⊖ William Chisholm  m 
 
Antigonish County
Elig. inc. Votes: 2,410 Partic.: inc. Can.: 2
Provincial
35		 Nova Scotia
16 January 1913
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18028(F) — 2 Aug 2024 20:00 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LC
 1/2 1,354 56.18% +298 Loser:
LIB
 1,056 43.82% Christopher P. Chisholm

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Antigonish County
Elig. inc. Votes: 4,786 Partic.: inc. Can.: 4
Provincial
36		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1916
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18031(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LC
 3/4 1,167 48.77% -133 Winner:
LIB
 1,300 54.33% Frederick R. Trotter

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
O'Brien, John Sarsfield (p. 170)		 22 Oct 2024

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