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♂ Alexander S. MacMillan
aliasAlexander S. MacMillan
Record
38381 · 10351

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
Birth 31 October 1870 → 153 years + 5 months ago
Lived 84 years + 9 months
First mandate 1 October 1928 → 95 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 11 months
Death 7 August 1955 → 68 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 9 months after 22 October 1945
Special notes
None
 
Alexander S. MacMillan (1870–1955) 200x249
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Public domain
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 17 0 17 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 39
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 60–62 02 Jan 1931 — 21 Aug 1933 2 7 19
2. NS 41
LIB
 1 Party leader 69–74 10 Jul 1940 — 07 Sep 1945 5 1 28
3. NS 41–42
LIB
 1 Premier 69–74 10 Jul 1940 — 07 Sep 1945 5 1 28

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
⊖ William Chisholm  m 
⊖ Leonard W. Fraser  m 
⊖ Albert E. Parsons  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph William (Willie) Comeau  m 
⊖ Angus J. MacGillivray  m 
⊖ Jean-Louis P. Robicheau  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,294 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18050(F) — 6 Oct 2022 14:30 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 3/4 1,725 47.30% -79 Winner:
UF
 1,804 49.47% Angus J. MacGillivray
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,658 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18105(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:46 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 2/4 3,557 52.09% +344 Loser:
LC
 3,213 47.05% H.E. Wagner

Service: 4 years 10 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,178 Votes: 9,966 Participation: 89.16% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18128(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/2 5,328 53.65% +725 Loser:
LC
 4,603 46.35% Albert E. Parsons

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,110 Votes: 10,223 Participation: 84.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18163(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
LIB
 1/2 5,590 54.96% +1,009 Loser:
LC
 4,581 45.04% Leonard W. Fraser

Service: 4 years 4 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,484 Votes: 8,516 Participation: 68.22% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Nova Scotia
28 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18197(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
70
LIB
 1/2 4,871 57.56% +1,279 Loser:
LC
 3,592 42.44% Norman D. Blanchard

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,141 Votes: 9,477 Participation: 72.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
43		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18225(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
74		 Successor:
LIB
 4,951 52.66% Robert A. MacLellan

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Alexander Stirling MacMillan		 23 Dec 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
MacMillan, Alexander Stirling		 23 Dec 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacMillan, Alexander Stirling (p. 146)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander Stirling MacMillan		 23 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Alexander Stirling MacMillan		 23 Dec 2023

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