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Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 57%
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Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
19 January 1848 (176 years 2 months ago) |
26 September 1904 (119 years 6 months ago) |
56 years 8 months | No |
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# | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
1. | NS | 32 | LC | 1 | Party leader | 49–56 | 01 May 1897 — 26 Sep 1904 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
→ 7 recorded electoral participations → 9 electoral path points |
→ 9 documented challengers: |
Donald G. Archibald m Edward Farrell m Alfred G. Jones m (2 runoffs) Thomas E. Kenny m (3 runoffs) Frederick A. Laurence m David McPherson m George Mitchell m Benjamin F. Pearson m William B. Wallace m |
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Provincial Ass.: 27 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax County | |||||||
25 November 1879 | Age: 31 |
→ New to this legislature | |||||||
By-Election | ✓ | 1/2 | LC | 54.71% | 2,414 of 4,412 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
Loser > | LIB | 45.29% | 1,998 (-416) | Donald G. Archibald m ( 39 ) | |||||
ID: 17824(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET | Service: 2 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
Provincial Ass.: 28 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax County | |||||||
20 June 1882 | Age: 34 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
General | |||||||||
Successor > | LC | 53.29% | 2,737 of 15,408 | William D. Harrington m ( 49 ) | |||||
ID: 17832(F) — 6 Feb 2022 15:29 ET | |||||||||
Federal Ass.: 5 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax | |||||||
24 July 1883 | Age: 35 |
→ New to Parliament | |||||||
By-Election | ✓ | 1/1 | CONS | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Elig.: n/a | Parti.: n/a | ||
By acclamation | |||||||||
ID: 19648(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET | Service: 3 years 6 months 28 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
Federal Ass.: 6 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax | |||||||
22 February 1887 | Age: 39 |
Defeated incumbent | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
General | ✗ | 3/4 | CONS | 49.32% | 4,099 of 16,621 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
Winner > | LIB | 51.05% | 4,243 (+144) | Alfred G. Jones m ( 62 ) | |||||
ID: 19419(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET | |||||||||
Federal Ass.: 7 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax | |||||||
5 March 1891 | Age: 43 |
→ Returned to Parliament after hiatus | |||||||
General | ✓ | 2/4 | CONS | 55.26% | 5,262 of 19,045 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
Loser > | LIB | 45.52% | 4,335 (-927) | Alfred G. Jones m ( 66 ) | |||||
Post-Election... | |||||||||
13 January 1892 > | ?? | CONS | → | Vac. | Election cancelled/Unseated | ||||
ID: 19767(F) — 22 Jan 2022 11:28 ET | Service: 0 year 10 months 8 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
Federal Ass.: 7 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax | |||||||
11 February 1892 | Age: 44 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
By-Election | ✓ | 2/2 | CONS | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Elig.: n/a | Parti.: n/a | ||
By acclamation | |||||||||
ID: 19954(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET | Service: 4 years 4 months 11 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
Federal Ass.: 8 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax | |||||||
23 June 1896 | Age: 48 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
General | |||||||||
Successor > | CONS | 53.06% | 6,170 of 23,255 | Robert L. Borden m ( 41 ) | |||||
ID: 20055(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET | |||||||||
Provincial Ass.: 32 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax County | |||||||
20 April 1897 | Age: 49 |
Failed comeback to this legislature | |||||||
General | ✗ | 5/6 | LC | 46.58% | 4,563 of 29,387 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
Winner > | LIB | 54.23% | 5,312 (+749) | George Mitchell m ( 50 ) | |||||
ID: 17931(F) — 6 Feb 2022 21:47 ET | |||||||||
Provincial Ass.: 33 |
Nova Scotia | Colchester County | |||||||
2 October 1901 | Age: 53 |
Failed comeback to this legislature (Party leader) | |||||||
General | ✗ | 4/4 | LC | 47.99% | 2,054 of 8,559 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
Winner > | LIB | 51.05% | 2,185 (+131) | Frederick A. Laurence m ( 58 ) | |||||
ID: 17948(F) — 6 Feb 2022 22:01 ET |
→ 6 online biographical references |
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Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
EN | Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Stairs, John Fitzwilliam | 9 Sep 2023 |
FR | Dictionnaire biographique du Canada: Stairs, John Fitzwilliam | 9 Sep 2023 |
EN | Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo): John Fitzwilliam Stairs, M.P. | 9 Sep 2023 |
FR | Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo): John Fitzwilliam Stairs, député | 9 Sep 2023 |
EN | The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory: Stairs, John Fitzwilliam (p. 207) | 9 Sep 2023 |
EN | Wikipedia: John Fitzwilliam Stairs | 9 Sep 2023 |