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♂ Charles J. Macdonald
aliasCharles J. Macdonald
Record
37469 · 10205

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth 4 April 1841 → 183 years ago
Lived 62 years + 6 months
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 5 months
Death 12 October 1903 → 120 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 4 months after 31 May 1879
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 0 8 12 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Donald G. Archibald  m 
⊖ Philip C. Hill  m 
⊖ John Pugh  m 
 		 ⊖ William D. Harrington  m 
⊖ Michael J. Power  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,190 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17811(F) — 6 Feb 2022 14:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LC
 1/6 3,375 55.67% +509 Loser:
LIB
 2,866 47.27% Philip C. Hill
After his election:
31 May 1879 38
LC
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 8 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,412 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
25 November 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17824(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
LC
 2,414 54.71% John F. Stairs

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Macdonald, Charles John (p. 124)		 26 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Charles James MacDonald		 26 Aug 2023

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