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♂ William F. MacCoy
aliasWilliam F. MacCoy
Record
37400 · 10356

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 4 6
Birth 15 May 1840 → 183 years + 11 months ago
Lived 74 years + 7 months
First mandate 20 June 1882 → 141 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 1 month
Death 17 December 1914 → 109 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 6 months after 20 May 1890
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 10 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Charles H. Cahan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas Johnson  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Moses H. Nickerson  m 
⊖ Nathaniel W. White  m 
 		 ⊖ George A. Cox  m 
⊖ Nehemiah D. McGray  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert Robertson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,689 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17513(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
31
LC
 3/4 570 42.38% -195 Winner:
LIB
 765 56.88% Robert Robertson
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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 3/4 892 45.84% -97 Winner:
LC
 989 50.82% Nehemiah D. McGray
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 2/4 938 60.05% +246 Loser:
LC
 692 44.30% Nehemiah D. McGray

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,836 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17865(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 2/4 1,063 55.42% +203 Loser:
LC
 860 44.84% Alfred K. Smith

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,105 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17888(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LIB
 3/4 1,042 50.75% -9 Winner:
LC
 1,051 51.19% Charles H. Cahan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,660 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Nova Scotia
12 January 1904
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17968(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
63
LC
 2/2 686 41.33% -288 Winner:
LIB
 974 58.67% George A. Cox

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacCoy, William Frederick (p. 122)		 26 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William F. MacCoy		 26 Aug 2023

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