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♂ Leander Rand
aliasLeander Rand
Record
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Baptist   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 7 October 1827 → 196 years + 7 months ago
Lived 72 years + 4 months
First mandate 15 June 1886 → 137 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 8 months
Death 12 February 1900 → 124 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 8 months after 20 May 1890
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ James E. Kinsman (1855–1924) Son-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 3 11 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ William Bill  m 
⊖ Thomas R. Harris  m 
⊖ Henry H. Wickwire  m 
 		 ⊖ Brenton H. Dodge  m 
⊖ Alfred P. Welton  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,160 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17860(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:32 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
58
LIB
 1/4 1,635 53.08% +100 Loser:
LIB
 1,535 49.84% Alfred P. Welton

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,258 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17883(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 1,572 50.24% Alfred P. Welton
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,116 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Nova Scotia
20 April 1897
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17934(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:20 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
69
LC
 4/4 1,107 31.11% -1,088 Winner:
LIB
 2,195 61.69% Henry H. Wickwire

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Rand, Leander (p. 183)		 16 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Leander Rand		 16 Oct 2023

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