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♂ John Pugh
aliasJohn Pugh
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth c. August 1821 → 202 years + 8 months ago
Lived ± 79 years
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 57 years
Death 23 September 1900 → 123 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 3 months after 19 June 1882
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

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

Races 2  
Path points 2  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Donald G. Archibald  m 
⊖ William D. Harrington  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles J. Macdonald  m 
 		 ⊖ William S. Fielding  m 
⊖ Philip C. Hill  m 
⊖ Michael J. Power  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
±57
LC
 3/6 3,135 51.71% +269 Loser:
LIB
 2,866 47.27% Philip C. Hill

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,408 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17832(F) — 6 Feb 2022 15:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±60
LC
 5/6 2,508 48.83% -46 Winner:
LIB
 2,554 49.73% William S. Fielding

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Pugh, John (p. 180)		 03 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Pugh (Canadian politician)		 03 Oct 2023

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