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♂ John F. Cahan
aliasJohn F. Cahan
Record
8706 · 10378

Irish-Canadian    United Church   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 1 February 1889 → 135 years + 2 months ago
Lived 39 years + 9 months
First mandate 25 June 1925 → 98 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 4 months
Death 8 November 1928 → 95 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 1 month + 9 days after 30 September 1928
Special notes
None
 

Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Charles H. Cahan (1861–1944) Father  
⊖ William H. Pipe (1914–1987) Son-in-law
 

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  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Raymond N. d'Entremont  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ René W.-E. Landry  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Lindsay C. Gardner  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LC
 1/4 3,852 57.59% +773 Loser:
LIB
 3,079 46.03% René W.-E. Landry

Service: 3 years 3 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,109 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18117(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
LC
 3/4 3,666 48.52% -350 Winner:
LIB
 4,016 53.16% René W.-E. Landry

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Cahan, John Flint (p. 26)		 31 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Flint Cahan		 31 Jul 2023

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