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♂ J. Welsford Macdonald
aliasJ. Welsford Macdonald
Record
37574 · 10299

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 23 July 1890 → 133 years + 9 months ago
Lived 86 years + 2 months
First mandate 27 July 1920 → 103 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 30 years
Death 10 October 1976 → 47 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 51 years + 3 months after 24 June 1925
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 4 10 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Robert A. Douglas  m 
⊖ Robert H. Graham  m 
⊖ Robert M. McGregor  m 
 		 ⊖ John Doull  m 
⊖ Hugh A. MacQuarrie  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 38,381 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
37		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18061(F) — 6 Oct 2022 08:19 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 2/7 6,287 49.14% +275 Loser:
ILP
 6,012 46.99% Henry D. Fraser

Service: 4 years 10 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,888 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18084(F) — 6 Oct 2022 14:10 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
34
LIB
 5/9 5,464 35.72% -3,579 Winner:
LC
 9,043 59.12% Hugh A. MacQuarrie

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Macdonald, John Welsford (p. 128)		 10 Oct 2023

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