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♂ Merrill D. Rawding
aliasMerrill D. Rawding
Record
51680 · 10341

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 2 4
Birth 8 May 1905 → 118 years + 11 months ago
Lived 99 years + 1 month
First mandate 23 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 5 months
Death 13 June 2004 → 19 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 51 years + 19 days after 25 May 1953
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 7 7 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Leonard W. Fraser  m 
 		 ⊖ W.S. Kennedy Jones  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 1/3 2,844 48.17% +341 Loser:
PC
 2,503 42.39% Leonard W. Fraser

Service: 3 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,449 Votes: 6,340 Participation: 85.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18256(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 3,166 50.21% +326 Loser:
PC
 2,840 45.04% E.M. More

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,277 Votes: 6,233 Participation: 85.65% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18297(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LIB
 2/3 2,838 45.77% -392 Winner:
PC
 3,230 52.09% W.S. Kennedy Jones
Eligible: 7,276 Votes: 6,066 Participation: 83.37% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18332(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 2/2 2,974 49.23% -93 Winner:
PC
 3,067 50.77% W.S. Kennedy Jones

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Rawding, Merrill Denzil (p. 183)		 21 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Merrill D. Rawding		 21 Oct 2023

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