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♂ Nathaniel D. Spence
aliasNathaniel D. Spence
Record
58192 · 10342

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 2 4
Birth 1 January 1834 → 190 years + 3 months ago
Lived 80 years + 1 month
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 8 months
Death 6 February 1914 → 110 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 7 months after 14 June 1886
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 8 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Archibald Frame  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas B. Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Allen Haley  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,767 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
4 March 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17517(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
LC
 2/2 1,312 47.42% -143 Winner:
LIB
 1,455 52.58% Thomas B. Smith
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,891 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17812(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:45 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LC
 1/4 1,621 55.02% +156 Loser:
LC
 1,465 49.73% F.S. Creelman

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,935 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17833(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LC
 2/4 1,236 50.08% +7 Loser:
LC
 1,229 49.80% F.S. Creelman

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,087 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17858(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:31 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LC
 4/4 1,505 49.44% -17 Winner:
LIB
 1,522 50.00% Archibald Frame

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Spence, Nathaniel David (p. 206)		 07 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Nathaniel Spence		 07 Oct 2023

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