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♂ Samuel R. Balcom
aliasSamuel R. Balcom
Record
2419 · 10160

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 24 March 1888 → 136 years + 1 month ago
Lived 93 years + 1 month
First mandate 19 June 1950 → 73 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 62 years + 2 months
Death 4 May 1981 → 42 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 10 months after 9 June 1957
Special notes
None
 
Samuel R. Balcom (1888–1981)
© Photo 1953 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
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
Canada 6 11 19

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ John H. Dickey  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Edmund L. Morris  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Robert J. McCleave  m 
 
Eligible: 90,803 Votes: 43,222 Participation: 47.60% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Nova Scotia
19 June 1950
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23654(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
62
LIB
 1/3 24,665 57.07% +10,969 Loser:
PC
 13,696 31.69% Lloyd Allen

Service: 3 years 1 month 21 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
65
LIB
 2/6 34,222 55.05% +7,670 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
69
LIB
 3/6 38,504 47.40% -2,595 Winner:
PC
 41,099 50.59% Edmund L. Morris

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Samuel Rosborough Balcom, M.P.		 29 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Samuel Rosborough Balcom, député		 29 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Samuel Rosborough Balcom		 29 Feb 2024

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

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