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♂ Caleb W. Shaffner
aliasCaleb W. Shaffner
Record
56110 · 10208

German-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 1 February 1846 → 178 years + 2 months ago
Lived 58 years + 10 months
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 7 months
Death 28 December 1904 → 119 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 6 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  
3 documented challengers
⊖ James W. Longley  m 
⊖ William B. Troop  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Henry M. Munro  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,043 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17804(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
LC
 2/4 1,295 51.35% +60 Loser:
LC
 1,235 48.97% O.M. Taylor

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,142 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17825(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:37 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
36
LC
 3/4 1,261 49.05% -68 Winner:
LIB
 1,329 51.69% Henry M. Munro

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Shaffner, Caleb Willoughby (p. 197)		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Caleb Shaffner		 03 Sep 2023

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