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♂ Arthur Drysdale
aliasArthur Drysdale
Record
17128 · 10344

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 0 5
Birth 5 September 1857 → 166 years + 7 months ago
Lived 65 years + 1 month
First mandate 7 April 1891 → 133 years + 21 days ago
↳ at age 33 years + 7 months
Death 21 October 1922 → 101 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 7 months after 13 March 1907
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 15 10 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Francis P. McHeffey  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Charles S. Wilcox  m  (4 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,712 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
7 April 1891
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17894(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LIB
 1/2 1,862 50.16% +12 Loser:
LC
 1,850 49.84% Adam McDougall

Service: 2 years 11 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,772 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
15 March 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17904(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 2/4 1,706 50.38% +17 Loser:
LC
 1,689 49.88% Evan Thompson

Service: 3 years 1 month 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,009 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Nova Scotia
20 April 1897
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17932(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/4 1,839 52.47% +122 Loser:
LC
 1,717 48.99% James A. Thompson

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,083 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Nova Scotia
2 October 1901
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17954(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/4 2,092 59.06% +473 Loser:
LC
 1,619 45.71% Charles S. Wilcox

Service: 4 years 8 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,385 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Nova Scotia
30 June 1906
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17985(F) — 7 Feb 2022 07:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/4 1,934 52.37% +134 Loser:
LC
 1,800 48.74% Everett A. O'Brien
After his election:
13 Mar 1907 49
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 8 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,913 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Nova Scotia
17 July 1907
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17997(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
LIB
 2,030 51.88% James O'Brien

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Drysdale, Arthur (p. 62)		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Drysdale		 06 Aug 2023

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