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♂ Wallace N. Rehfuss
aliasWallace N. Rehfuss
Record
51945 · 10286

Lutheran   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Birth 27 November 1876 → 147 years + 5 months ago
Lived 52 years + 11 months
First mandate 25 June 1925 → 98 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 6 months
Death 5 November 1929 → 94 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 1 month after 30 September 1928
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 3 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Frank R. Davis  m 
⊖ Gordon E. Romkey  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Aubrey H. Sperry  m 
 		 ⊖ J. James Kinley  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William H. Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,843 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18083(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:52 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LC
 1/4 7,159 62.68% +2,631 Loser:
LIB
 4,528 39.64% J. James Kinley

Service: 3 years 3 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,081 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18111(F) — 7 Feb 2022 21:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LC
 4/4 5,535 45.97% -769 Winner:
LIB
 6,304 52.35% Gordon E. Romkey
Eligible: 19,320 Votes: 30,999 Participation: 80.23% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1933
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18131(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
56
LC
 4/4 6,744 43.56% -1,625 Winner:
LIB
 8,369 54.06% Frank R. Davis

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Rehfuss, Wallace Norman (p. 184)		 21 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Wallace Norman Rehfuss		 21 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Oct 2023 11:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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