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♂ Ernest R. Nickerson
aliasErnest R. Nickerson
Record
46190 · 10363

Methodist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 27 September 1876 → 147 years + 7 months ago
Lived 79 years + 8 months
First mandate 25 June 1925 → 98 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 8 months
Death 28 May 1956 → 67 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 7 months after 30 September 1928
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 3 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Ernest H. Armstrong  m 
⊖ Robert G. Irwin  m 
⊖ Norman E. Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Henry R.L. Bill  m 
⊖ Wishart M. Robertson  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LC
 1/4 2,596 56.83% +509 Loser:
LIB
 2,087 45.69% Ernest H. Armstrong

Service: 3 years 3 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,120 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18115(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:48 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LC
 3/4 2,121 46.51% -352 Winner:
LIB
 2,473 54.23% Henry R.L. Bill

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Nickerson, Ernest Reginald (p. 167)		 04 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Ernest Reginald Nickerson		 04 Sep 2023

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