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♂ Michael E. Keefe
aliasMichael E. Keefe
Record
31081 · 10474

Irish-Canadian    Roman Catholic     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 2 0 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth 14 April 1844 → 180 years + 1 month ago
Lived 89 years + 2 months
First mandate 12 December 1900 → 123 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 7 months
Death 28 June 1933 → 90 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 9 days after 19 June 1906
Special notes
None
 

Michael E. Keefe (1844–1933)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Halifax, Nova Scotia (1892–1895)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 5 6 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Robert Borden  m 
⊖ Thomas E. Kenny  m 
⊖ George Mitchell  m 
 		 ⊖ Adam B. Crosby  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ David McPherson  m 
⊖ Benjamin Russell  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 23,255 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
8		 Nova Scotia
23 June 1896
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20055(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
52
LIB
 4/4 5,472 47.06% -525 Winner:
LIB
 5,997 51.57% Benjamin Russell
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,256 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Nova Scotia
12 December 1900
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17945(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 4,400 53.29% +544 Loser:
LC
 3,856 46.71% Adam B. Crosby

Service: 9 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 28,223 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
33		 Nova Scotia
2 October 1901
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17953(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 3/6 4,840 51.45% +133 Loser:
LC
 4,707 50.03% Adam B. Crosby

Service: 4 years 8 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 28,856 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
34		 Nova Scotia
30 June 1906
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17984(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:09 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 5,372 55.85% Robert E. Finn

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Keefe, Michael Edwin (p. 107)		  3 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Michael Edwin Keefe		  3 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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