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♂ Leonard W. Fraser
aliasLeonard W. Fraser
Record
21059 · 10268

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 4 5
Birth 1 April 1902 → 122 years ago
Lived 55 years + 5 months
First mandate 28 October 1940 → 83 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 6 months
Death 18 September 1957 → 66 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 10 months after 28 October 1941
Special notes
None
 

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 0 11 30 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 41
LC
 1 Party leader 38–46 23 Apr 1940 — 31 May 1948 8 1 8
2. NS 41
LC
 1 Opposition Leader 38–39 01 Nov 1940 — 27 Oct 1941 0 11 26

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Clarence W. Anderson  m 
⊖ Alexander S. MacMillan  m 
⊖ Merrill D. Rawding  m 
 		 ⊖ Kenneth J. Cochrane  m 
⊖ Archibald J. Mason  m 
⊖ Archie B. Smith  m 
 
Eligible: 8,726 Votes: 7,880 Participation: 90.30% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18126(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
31
LC
 2/2 3,408 43.44% -1,029 Winner:
LIB
 4,437 56.56% Clarence W. Anderson
Eligible: 12,110 Votes: 10,223 Participation: 84.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18163(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
LC
 2/2 4,581 45.04% -1,009 Winner:
LIB
 5,590 54.96% Alexander S. MacMillan
Eligible: 23,117 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
28 October 1940
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18177(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:48 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
38
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,619 Votes: 30,869 Participation: 65.35% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
42		 Nova Scotia
28 October 1941
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18189(F) — 12 Jul 2023 09:18 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
39
LC
 3/4 7,814 50.78% -140 Winner:
LC
 7,954 51.69% Archie B. Smith
Eligible: 7,518 Votes: 5,931 Participation: 78.89% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
43		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18230(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:49 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
43
PC
 2/3 2,503 42.39% -341 Winner:
LIB
 2,844 48.17% Merrill D. Rawding

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Fraser, Leonard William (p. 76)		 07 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Leonard William Fraser		 07 Aug 2023

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