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♂ Earl W. Urquhart
aliasEarl W. Urquhart
Record
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United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
Birth 22 February 1921 → 103 years + 2 months ago
Lived 50 years + 5 months
First mandate 20 December 1949 → 74 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 28 years + 9 months
Death 17 August 1971 → 52 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 10 months after 7 October 1963
Special notes
None
 

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 13 9 13 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 47
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 39–42 07 Jun 1960 — 07 Oct 1963 3 4 0
2. NS 47
LIB
 1 Party leader 39–44 01 Jul 1960 — 31 Aug 1965 5 1 30

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Gerald J. Doucet  m 
 
 
Eligible: 6,635 Votes: 4,518 Participation: 68.09% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
20 December 1949
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18268(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
28
LIB
 1/2 2,708 59.94% +898 Loser:
PC
 1,810 40.06% A.A. Baccardax

Service: 3 years 5 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,722 Votes: 5,133 Participation: 76.36% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18298(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
LIB
 1/2 2,970 58.30% +846 Loser:
PC
 2,124 41.70% Francis Whyte

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,898 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18333(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/2 2,636 53.82% +374 Loser:
PC
 2,262 46.18% William C. Boudreau

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,240 Votes: 5,120 Participation: 82.05% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Nova Scotia
7 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18383(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/2 2,604 51.11% +113 Loser:
PC
 2,491 48.89% Byron S. Langley

Service: 3 years 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,415 Votes: 5,269 Participation: 82.14% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Nova Scotia
8 October 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18425(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:34 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
42
LIB
 2/2 2,587 49.21% -83 Winner:
PC
 2,670 50.79% Gerald J. Doucet

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Earl Wallace Urquhart, Q.C., Senator		 29 Jul 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Earl Wallace Urquhart, c.r., sénateur		 29 Jul 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Urquhart, Earl Wallace (p. 223)		 29 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Earl Wallace Urquhart		 29 Jul 2023

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