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♂ John H. Dickey
aliasJohn H. Dickey
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 2 5
Birth 4 September 1914 → 109 years + 7 months ago
Lived 81 years + 7 months
First mandate 14 July 1947 → 76 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 10 months
Death 27 April 1996 → 28 years ago
Exit → Death 38 years + 10 months after 9 June 1957
Special notes
None
 
John H. Dickey (1914–1996)
© Photo House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Robert B. Dickey (1811–1903) Great-grandfather  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 10 24

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Samuel R. Balcom  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Leonard A. Kitz  m 
⊖ Edmund L. Morris  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Gordon B. Isnor  m 
⊖ Robert J. McCleave  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Lloyd R. Shaw  m 
 
Eligible: 85,262 Votes: 54,388 Participation: 63.79% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Nova Scotia
14 July 1947
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23370(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
LIB
 1/3 24,469 44.99% +8,318 Loser:
CCF
 16,151 29.70% Hyacinth L. MacIntosh

Service: 1 year 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 90,803 Votes: 114,201 Participation: 62.88% Candidacies: 6
Federal
21		 Nova Scotia
27 June 1949
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23448(F) — 27 Jan 2022 14:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 2/6 31,627 55.39% +12,801 Loser:
PC
 18,826 32.97% Joseph P. Connolly

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 98,208 Votes: 124,773 Participation: 63.52% Candidacies: 6
Federal
22		 Nova Scotia
10 August 1953
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23748(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/6 34,587 55.64% +8,035 Loser:
PC
 26,552 42.71% Edmund L. Morris

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 108,414 Votes: 163,070 Participation: 75.21% Candidacies: 6
Federal
23		 Nova Scotia
10 June 1957
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24030(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
LIB
 4/6 38,191 47.01% -2,908 Winner:
PC
 41,099 50.59% Edmund L. Morris
Eligible: 108,414 Votes: 178,691 Participation: 82.41% Candidacies: 6
Federal
24		 Nova Scotia
31 March 1958
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24296(F) — 3 Mar 2024 22:49 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 3/6 34,227 38.31% -19,028 Winner:
PC
 53,255 59.61% Edmund L. Morris

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Horace Dickey, Q.C., K.S.G.		 29 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Horace Dickey, c.r., K.S.G.		 29 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Dickey (Canadian politician)		 29 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Feb 2024 11:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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