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♂ Bowman Brown Law
aliasBowman Law
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Canada 4 0 4
Birth 29 July 1855 → 168 years + 8 months ago
Lived 60 years + 6 months
First mandate 3 December 1902 → 121 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 4 months
Death 3 February 1916 → 108 years + 2 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Bowman Brown Law (1855–1916)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Law was one of the seven victims — and only MP — of the fire that destroyed much of the Canadian Parliament buildings on the night of February 3, 1916.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
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
Canada 13 1 28

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas E. Corning  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,284 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Nova Scotia
3 December 1902
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20504(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
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 → New to Parliament
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 2,076 63.22% +868 Loser:
CONS
 1,208 36.78% Thomas E. Corning

Service: 1 year 10 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,407 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Nova Scotia
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20569(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 1,883 55.27% +359 Loser:
CONS
 1,524 44.73% Thomas E. Corning

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,257 Votes: 3,763 Participation: 71.58% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Nova Scotia
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20830(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 2,285 61.24% +839 Loser:
CONS
 1,446 38.76% Samuel W. Williamson

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,614 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Nova Scotia
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21068(F) — 23 Jan 2022 16:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 2,399 66.38% +1,184 Loser:
CONS
 1,215 33.62% Knowles E. Crosby
After his election:
3 Feb 1916 60
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 4 years 4 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,910 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21326(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
60		 Successor:
UNIO
 4,463 56.42% Edgar K. Spinney

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Bowman Brown Law, M.P.		 11 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Bowman Brown Law, député		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bowman Brown Law		 11 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Apr 2024 22:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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