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♂ William M. Blair
aliasWilliam M. Blair
Record
5228 · 10238

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 0 2
Birth 26 May 1836 → 187 years + 11 months ago
Lived 83 years
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 3 months
Death 17 June 1919 → 104 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 3 days after 14 June 1886
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 7 8 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William A. Patterson  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Samuel Rettie  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,441 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17806(F) — 12 Jan 2023 21:03 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LC
 1/4 1,885 58.52% +483 Loser:
LIB
 1,402 43.53% Charles N. Cummings

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,116 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17827(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:37 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LC
 1/5 1,507 49.28% +120 Loser:
LIB
 1,387 45.36% Samuel D. McLellan

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,473 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17852(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:30 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
LIB
 1,938 51.86% Frederick A. Laurence

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Blair, William McCurdy (p. 17)		 28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Blair (Nova Scotia politician)		 28 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jul 2023 10:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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