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♂ Harry B. Short
aliasHarry B. Short
Record
56571 · 10140

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 1 September 1864 → 159 years + 8 months ago
Lived 72 years + 7 months
First mandate 29 October 1925 → 98 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 61 years + 1 month
Death 15 April 1937 → 87 years ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 6 months after 13 October 1935
Special notes
None
 
Harry B. Short (1864–1937)
© Photo 1927 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Digby, Nova Scotia (1904–1905; 1911–1915)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
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 9 11 12

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Lewis J. Lovett  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Samuel W.W. Pickup  m 
 
Eligible: 20,491 Votes: 14,818 Participation: 72.31% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Nova Scotia
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21849(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:42 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
61
LC
 1/2 7,599 51.28% +380 Loser:
LIB
 7,219 48.72% Lewis J. Lovett
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 61
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 20,491 Votes: 16,010 Participation: 78.13% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Nova Scotia
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22103(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LC
 1/2 8,159 50.96% +308 Loser:
LIB
 7,851 49.04% Lewis J. Lovett

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,934 Votes: 16,639 Participation: 83.47% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Nova Scotia
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22377(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LC
 1/2 8,357 50.23% +75 Loser:
LIB
 8,282 49.77% Samuel W.W. Pickup

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,079 Votes: 22,933 Participation: 71.49% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Nova Scotia
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22649(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
LIB
 13,894 60.59% James L. Ilsley

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Harry Bernard Short, M.P.		 10 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Harry Bernard Short, député		 10 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Harry Short		 10 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Mar 2024 17:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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