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♂ Lindsay C. Gardner
aliasLindsay C. Gardner
Record
22018 · 10379

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 27 December 1875 → 148 years + 4 months ago
Lived 62 years + 7 months
First mandate 1 October 1928 → 95 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 9 months
Death 23 August 1938 → 85 years + 8 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Lindsay C. Gardner (1875–1938) 200x300
© 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 9 10 19 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 40–41
LIB
 1 Speaker 58–62 01 Mar 1934 — 23 Aug 1938 4 5 22

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ John F. Cahan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ René W.-E. Landry  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Raymond N. d'Entremont  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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 4/4 3,032 45.33% -383 Winner:
LC
 3,415 51.05% Raymond N. d'Entremont
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
LIB
 1/4 4,141 54.81% +475 Loser:
LC
 3,666 48.52% John F. Cahan

Service: 4 years 10 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,975 Votes: 9,512 Participation: 79.43% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18137(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 5,826 61.51% +2,180 Loser:
LC
 3,646 38.49% Alvin L. Chipman

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,582 Votes: 9,377 Participation: 74.53% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18172(F) — 7 Feb 2022 21:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 5,566 60.11% +1,872 Loser:
LC
 3,694 39.89% Peter L. Judge
After his election:
23 Aug 1938 62
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 2 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,582 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
29 November 1938
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18173(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Henry A. Waterman

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Gardner, Lindsay Cann (p. 79)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Lindsay C. Gardner		 23 Dec 2023

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