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♂ Thomas R. Black
aliasThomas R. Black
Record
5140 · 10200

Baptist   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 1 6
Birth 16 October 1832 → 191 years + 6 months ago
Lived 72 years + 10 months
First mandate 2 July 1884 → 139 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 8 months
Death 14 September 1905 → 118 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 3 months after 10 June 1904
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Joseph L. Black (1829–1907) Brother  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 16 1 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Richard L. Black  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander E. Fraser  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Oxley  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ George W. Forrest  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Daniel J. McLeod  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
2 July 1884
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17848(F) — 19 Sep 2021 12:50 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 11 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,282 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17854(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/5 2,083 50.30% +144 Loser:
LIB
 1,939 46.82% George W. Forrest

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,322 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17877(F) — 14 Sep 2023 21:32 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LIB
 3/4 2,537 49.16% -178 Winner:
LC
 2,715 52.61% William Oxley
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,920 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
15 March 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17900(F) — 14 Sep 2023 21:32 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
61
LIB
 1/4 3,109 56.94% +611 Loser:
LC
 2,498 45.75% George W. Forrest

Service: 3 years 1 month 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,968 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Nova Scotia
20 April 1897
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17928(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/4 3,487 58.27% +798 Loser:
LC
 2,689 44.94% A.A. McKinnon

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,543 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Nova Scotia
2 October 1901
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17950(F) — 6 Feb 2022 22:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 2/4 2,944 51.00% +11 Loser:
LIB
 2,933 50.81% M.L. Tucker
After his election:
10 Jun 1904 71
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 years 8 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,949 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Nova Scotia
15 December 1904
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17973(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
72		 Successor:
LIB
 3,256 54.73% Elisha B. Paul

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Black, Thomas Reuben		 14 Sep 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Black, Thomas Reuben		 14 Sep 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Thomas Reuben Black, Senator		 14 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Thomas Reuben Black, sénateur		 14 Sep 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Black, Thomas Reuben (p. 16)		 14 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Reuben Black		 14 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Thomas Reuben Black		 14 Sep 2023

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