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♂ Albert M. Hemeon
aliasAlbert M. Hemeon
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth c. 1843 → 181 years ago
Lived ± 53 years
First mandate 8 March 1887 → 137 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age ± 44 years
Death 26 April 1896 → 128 years ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

Albert M. Hemeon
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A Nova Scotia Liberal who died in office in 1896, Hemeon is said to have been a "foremost advocate of female suffrage." Universal suffrage was only enacted in that province in 1920.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 9 1 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ James C. Bartling  m 
⊖ Samuel Freeman  m 
⊖ Jason M. Mack  m 
 		 ⊖ Leander S. Ford  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Richard Hunt  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,490 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17817(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:46 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±35
LIB
 5/5 315 25.30% -219 Winner:
LC
 534 42.89% James C. Bartling
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,283 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
8 March 1887
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17870(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±44
LIB
 1/2 857 66.80% +431 Loser:
LC
 426 33.20% James Coles

Service: 3 years 2 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,190 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17886(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±47
LIB
 2/4 887 55.61% +165 Loser:
LC
 722 45.27% Leander S. Ford

Service: 3 years 9 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,167 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
15 March 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17909(F) — 6 Feb 2022 21:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±51
LIB
 1/4 913 57.64% +210 Loser:
LC
 703 44.38% John Hutt
After his election:
26 Apr 1896 ±53
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 1 month 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
15 August 1896
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17922(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
±53		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Edward M. Farrell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Hemeon, Albert M. (p. 93)		 12 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Albert M. Hemeon		 12 Aug 2023

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