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♂ Moses H. Nickerson
aliasMoses H. Nickerson
Record
46197 · 10192

Baptist   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Birth 10 September 1844 → 179 years + 7 months ago
Lived 98 years + 6 months
First mandate 10 December 1902 → 121 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 3 months
Death 23 March 1943 → 81 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 9 months after 13 June 1911
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Maurice A. Nickerson (1865–1936) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 8 5 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Robert G. Irwin  m 
⊖ Nehemiah D. McGray  m 
 		 ⊖ William F. MacCoy  m 
⊖ Nathaniel W. White  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,892 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17819(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:46 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 4/4 871 44.76% -118 Winner:
LC
 989 50.82% Nehemiah D. McGray
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,465 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Nova Scotia
10 December 1902
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17965(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 787 53.72% +109 Loser:
LC
 678 46.28% Andrew C. Robertson

Service: 3 years 6 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,857 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Nova Scotia
30 June 1906
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17992(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/4 1,083 56.14% +153 Loser:
LC
 930 48.21% Netson R. Craig

Service: 4 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,673 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Nova Scotia
14 June 1911
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18021(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:07 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 1,202 51.43% Smith A. Nickerson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Nickerson, Moses Hardy (p. 168)		 04 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Moses H. Nickerson		 04 Sep 2023

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