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♂ Michael J. Power
aliasMichael J. Power
Record
50555 · 10472

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 2 5
Birth 23 February 1834 → 190 years + 2 months ago
Lived 60 years + 10 months
First mandate 20 June 1882 → 141 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 3 months
Death 11 January 1895 → 129 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 9 months + 28 days after 14 March 1894
Special notes
None
 
Michael J. Power (1834–1895) 200x222
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Public domain
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 11 8 21 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 29–30
LIB
 1 Speaker 53–60 10 Mar 1887 — 14 Mar 1894 7 0 4

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Donald G. Archibald  m 
⊖ William S. Fielding  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Philip C. Hill  m 
⊖ John Pugh  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ William A. Black  m 
⊖ William D. Harrington  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Charles J. Macdonald  m 
⊖ William Roche  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,190 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17811(F) — 6 Feb 2022 14:47 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 5/6 2,739 45.18% -396 Winner:
LC
 3,135 51.71% John Pugh
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,408 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17832(F) — 6 Feb 2022 15:29 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LIB
 2/6 2,591 50.45% +48 Loser:
LIB
 2,543 49.51% J.G. Foster

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,458 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17857(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 3/6 3,822 56.05% +841 Loser:
LC
 2,981 43.72% William D. Harrington

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 26,709 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17880(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 3/6 4,752 53.38% +533 Loser:
LC
 4,219 47.39% H.M. Henry

Service: 3 years 9 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 26,814 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
15 March 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17903(F) — 6 Feb 2022 21:01 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
LIB
 5/6 4,373 48.93% -197 Winner:
LC
 4,570 51.13% William A. Black

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Power, Michael Joseph (p. 178)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Michael Joseph Power		 23 Dec 2023

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