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♂ Amédée R. Melanson
aliasAmédée R. Melanson
Record
42793 · 10376

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth 9 November 1882 → 141 years + 5 months ago
Lived 47 years + 5 months
First mandate 27 July 1920 → 103 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 8 months
Death 8 May 1930 → 93 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 10 months after 24 June 1925
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 4 10 27 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Ernest H. Armstrong  m 
 		 ⊖ Howard W. Corning  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 2/3 3,207 66.29% +155 Loser:
LIB
 3,052 63.08% Ernest H. Armstrong

Service: 4 years 10 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,378 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18089(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
LC
 3,415 51.05% Raymond N. d'Entremont

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Melanson, Amédée Raymond (p. 154)		 02 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Amédée Melanson		 02 Sep 2023

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