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♂ William Oxley
aliasWilliam Oxley
Record
47556 · 10255

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Birth 16 May 1839 → 184 years + 11 months ago
Lived 64 years + 7 months
First mandate 21 May 1890 → 133 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 51 years
Death 16 December 1903 → 120 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 9 months after 14 March 1894
Special notes
Date of birth and death is an educated guess.
 

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 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Richard L. Black  m 
⊖ George W. Forrest  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles J. Townshend  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas R. Black  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander E. Fraser  m 
⊖ Edward Vickery  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,427 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17808(F) — 14 Sep 2023 21:32 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 3/4 1,657 51.56% -10 Winner:
LC
 1,667 51.87% Edward Vickery
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,322 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17877(F) — 14 Sep 2023 21:32 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LC
 2/4 2,715 52.61% +178 Loser:
LIB
 2,537 49.16% Thomas R. Black

Service: 3 years 9 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,920 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
15 March 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17900(F) — 14 Sep 2023 21:32 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LC
 4/4 2,411 44.16% -491 Winner:
LIB
 2,902 53.15% Alexander E. Fraser

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Oxley		 14 Sep 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Oxley, William (p. 171)		 14 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Sep 2023 21:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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