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♂ Murray Dodd
aliasMurray Dodd
Record
16339 · 7205

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 23 May 1843 → 180 years + 11 months ago
Lived 62 years + 3 months
First mandate 20 June 1882 → 141 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years
Death 25 August 1905 → 118 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 6 months after 21 February 1887
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
Canada 4 8 2

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Newton L. Mackay  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Hector F. McDougall  m 
 		 ⊖ William McDonald  m 
⊖ William M. McLeod  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 3,702 Votes: 2,759 Participation: 74.53% Candidacies: 3
Federal
4		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19612(F) — 28 Nov 2021 14:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
36
CONS
 3/3 799 28.96% -295 Winner:
LC
 1,094 39.65% William M. McLeod
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,605 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
5		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19210(F) — 21 Jan 2022 20:57 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
CONS
 2/5 1,237 44.13% +113 Loser:
LC
 1,124 40.10% William M. McLeod

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,570 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
6		 Nova Scotia
22 February 1887
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19414(F) — 28 Nov 2021 17:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
CONS
 1,873 43.71% David MacKeen

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Murray Dodd, K.C., M.P.		  5 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Murray Dodd, C.R., député		  5 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Murray Dodd		  5 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 20:25 (but data presented dynamically)

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