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♂ Alexander O'Handley
aliasAlexander O'Handley
Record
46813 · 10128

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 2 7
Birth 16 May 1899 → 124 years + 11 months ago
Lived 74 years + 7 months
First mandate 25 June 1925 → 98 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 26 years + 1 month
Death 8 January 1974 → 50 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 2 months after 29 October 1956
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
Nova Scotia 18 3 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
5 documented challengers
⊖ John C. Douglas  m 
⊖ Thomas J. MacKeough  m 
⊖ W. Forman Waye  m 
 		 ⊖ John M. Macdonald  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Daniel W. Morrison  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,444 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18091(F) — 6 Oct 2022 13:18 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
26
LC
 2/6 7,071 57.85% +2,886 Loser:
ILP
 4,185 34.24% Daniel W. Morrison

Service: 3 years 3 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,215 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18102(F) — 6 Oct 2022 14:20 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
29		 Successor:
LC
 5,541 43.95% Daniel R. Cameron
Eligible: 12,598 Votes: 8,414 Participation: 66.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Nova Scotia
28 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18185(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 3,344 39.97% +708 Loser:
CCF
 2,636 31.50% Robert S. Bartlett

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,196 Votes: 8,717 Participation: 66.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
43		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18213(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/3 3,338 38.55% +434 Loser:
CCF
 2,904 33.54% Wendell Coldwell

Service: 3 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,405 Votes: 10,300 Participation: 76.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18239(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 4,727 46.13% +1,709 Loser:
PC
 3,018 29.45% John M. Macdonald

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,965 Votes: 9,862 Participation: 76.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18274(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/3 4,674 47.45% +1,559 Loser:
PC
 3,115 31.62% John N. MacAskill

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,569 Votes: 10,606 Participation: 78.16% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18309(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LIB
 2/2 4,465 42.31% -1,623 Winner:
PC
 6,088 57.69% John M. Macdonald
Eligible: 13,606 Votes: 10,490 Participation: 77.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14239(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
68
LIB
 2/3 3,318 31.90% -2,256 Winner:
PC
 5,574 53.59% Thomas J. MacKeough

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
O'Handley, Alexander (p. 170)		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander O'Handley		 03 Sep 2023

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