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♂ Nehemiah D. McGray
aliasNehemiah D. McGray
Record
41366 · 10355

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 29 June 1838 → 185 years + 9 months ago
Lived 49 years + 3 months
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 2 months
Death 14 October 1887 → 136 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 3 months after 19 June 1882
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 3 9 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas Johnson  m 
⊖ Moses H. Nickerson  m 
 		 ⊖ William F. MacCoy  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Nathaniel W. White  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,892 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17819(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:46 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LC
 2/4 989 50.82% +97 Loser:
LIB
 892 45.84% William F. MacCoy

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,124 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17840(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LC
 3/4 692 44.30% -246 Winner:
LIB
 938 60.05% William F. MacCoy

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
McGray, Nehemiah Doane (p. 132)		 31 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Nehemiah McGray		 31 Aug 2023

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