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♂ Henry D. Hicks
aliasHenry D. Hicks
Record
27395 · 10221

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
Birth 5 March 1915 → 109 years + 1 month ago
Lived 75 years + 9 months
First mandate 23 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 7 months
Death 9 December 1990 → 33 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 6 months after 6 June 1960
Special notes
None
 
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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 14 7 10 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 45
LIB
 1 Party leader 39–45 30 Sep 1954 — 30 Jun 1960 5 9 0
2. NS 45
LIB
 1 Premier 39–41 30 Sep 1954 — 29 Oct 1956 2 0 29
3. NS 46
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 41–45 30 Oct 1956 — 06 Jun 1960 3 7 7

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Hanson T. Dowell  m 
 		 ⊖ Harry T. MacKenzie  m 
 
Eligible: 11,238 Votes: 8,323 Participation: 74.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18209(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 4,880 59.06% +1,497 Loser:
PC
 3,383 40.94% Horton W. Phinney

Service: 3 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,528 Votes: 9,774 Participation: 84.78% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18235(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/3 5,091 52.29% +644 Loser:
PC
 4,447 45.68% Harry T. MacKenzie

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,455 Votes: 9,765 Participation: 85.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18270(F) — 9 Jul 2022 00:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 5,006 51.55% +301 Loser:
PC
 4,705 48.45% Charles F. LeBrun

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,907 Votes: 5,203 Participation: 75.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18305(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 2,830 54.68% +553 Loser:
PC
 2,277 43.99% Harry L. Ritcey

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,331 Votes: 5,505 Participation: 86.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Nova Scotia
7 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18347(F) — 8 Feb 2022 10:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
45
LIB
 2/3 2,658 48.55% -8 Winner:
PC
 2,666 48.69% Hanson T. Dowell

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Henry Hicks		 23 Dec 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Hicks, Henry Davies		 23 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Henry Davies Hicks, Q.C., C.C., Senator		 23 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Henry Davies Hicks, c.r., C.C., sénateur		 23 Dec 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Hicks, Henry Davies (p. 94)		 23 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Henry Hicks		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Henry Hicks (Nova Scotia politician)		 23 Dec 2023

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