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♂ Ernest H. Armstrong
aliasErnest H. Armstrong
Record
1396 · 10361

Methodist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 2 7
Birth 27 July 1864 → 159 years + 9 months ago
Lived 81 years + 6 months
First mandate 30 June 1906 → 117 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 11 months
Death 15 February 1946 → 78 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 7 months after 24 June 1925
Special notes
None
 
Ernest H. Armstrong (1864–1946)
© 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 18 9 16 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 37
LIB
 1 Party leader 58–60 24 Jan 1923 — 16 Jul 1925 2 5 22
2. NS 37
LIB
 1 Premier 58–60 24 Jan 1923 — 24 Jun 1925 2 5 0

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Howard W. Corning  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Raymond N. d'Entremont  m 
⊖ Henry S. LeBlanc  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ernest R. Nickerson  m 
 		 ⊖ Henry T. d'Entremont  m 
⊖ Robert G. Irwin  m 
⊖ Amédée R. Melanson  m 
⊖ Norman E. Smith  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,638 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Nova Scotia
30 June 1906
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17994(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/4 1,586 68.39% +771 Loser:
LC
 815 35.14% A.M. Perrin

Service: 4 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,942 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Nova Scotia
14 June 1911
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18023(F) — 7 Feb 2022 15:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/4 1,665 56.04% +151 Loser:
LIB
 1,514 50.96% Henry S. LeBlanc
After his election:
18 Jul 1911 46
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 month 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,200 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Nova Scotia
16 August 1911
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18024(F) — 11 Oct 2022 23:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 1,980 61.88% +760 Loser:
LC
 1,220 38.12% James G. d'Entremont

Service: 4 years 10 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,810 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
36		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1916
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18047(F) — 7 Feb 2022 17:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/4 1,931 56.71% +195 Loser:
LC
 1,736 50.98% Howard W. Corning

Service: 4 years 1 month 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,675 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18066(F) — 7 Feb 2022 20:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 3/3 3,052 63.08% -155 Winner:
LIB
 3,207 66.29% Amédée R. Melanson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,397 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Nova Scotia
2 September 1920
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18067(F) — 11 Oct 2022 23:59 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 2,029 59.73% +661 Loser:
FALA
 1,368 40.27% Zenos F. Bower

Service: 4 years 9 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,136 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18087(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:26 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
60
LIB
 3/4 2,087 45.69% -365 Winner:
LC
 2,452 53.68% Norman E. Smith

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Ernest Howard Armstrong		 04 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Armstrong, Ernest Howard		 04 Feb 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Armstrong, Ernest Howard (p. 7)		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ernest Howard Armstrong		 04 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Ernest Howard Armstrong		 04 Feb 2024

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