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♂ Finlay MacDonald
aliasFinlay MacDonald
Record
37525 · 10119

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 17 November 1866 → 157 years + 5 months ago
Lived 81 years + 6 months
First mandate 29 October 1925 → 98 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 11 months
Death 29 May 1948 → 75 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 7 months after 13 October 1935
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Finlay MacDonald (1923–2002) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 11 12

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Daniel A. Cameron  m 
⊖ David J. Hartigan  m 
⊖ Daniel W. Morrison  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Lauchlin D. Currie  m 
⊖ James B. McLachlan  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 26,946 Votes: 17,678 Participation: 65.61% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Nova Scotia
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21846(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:38 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
58
LC
 1/3 9,551 54.03% +5,041 Loser:
LIB
 4,510 25.51% Lauchlin D. Currie
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 59
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 26,946 Votes: 15,336 Participation: 56.91% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Nova Scotia
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22100(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LC
 1/2 8,924 58.19% +2,512 Loser:
LAB
 6,412 41.81% Daniel W. Morrison

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 30,961 Votes: 25,154 Participation: 81.24% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Nova Scotia
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22374(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LC
 1/2 15,886 63.15% +6,618 Loser:
LIB
 9,268 36.85% Daniel A. Cameron

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,969 Votes: 28,137 Participation: 80.46% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Nova Scotia
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22646(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
LC
 2/4 7,355 26.14% -3,054 Winner:
LIB
 10,409 36.99% David J. Hartigan

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Finlay MacDonald, K.C., M.P.		 26 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Finlay MacDonald, C.R., député		 26 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Finlay MacDonald (politician, born 1866)		 26 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Aug 2023 13:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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