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♂ Benjamin W. VanBlarcom
aliasBenjamin W. VanBlarcom
Record
62869 · 10198

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth 4 April 1823 → 201 years ago
Lived ± 77 years
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 5 months
Death c. 1901 → 123 years ago
Exit → Death ± 18 years + 6 months after 19 June 1882
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 3 9 1 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Colin Campbell  m 
⊖ John S. McNeill  m 
 		 ⊖ Urbine Doucett  m 
⊖ Henri M. Robicheau  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,653 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17809(F) — 6 Feb 2022 12:46 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
LC
 1/5 833 45.59% +95 Loser:
LIB
 738 40.39% Urbine Doucett

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,542 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17830(F) — 6 Feb 2022 12:47 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LIB
 986 55.67% John S. McNeill

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
VanBlarcom, Benjamin (p. 224)		 29 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Benjamin Van Blarcom		 29 Jul 2023

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