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♂ Joseph W. Hadley
aliasJoseph W. Hadley
Record
25242 · 10388

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 4 5
Birth 27 November 1819 → 204 years + 5 months ago
Lived 78 years + 11 months
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 9 months
Death 24 November 1898 → 125 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 5 months after 19 June 1882
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 9 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Stewart Campbell  m 
⊖ Duncan C. Fraser  m 
⊖ John A. Kirk  m 
⊖ Otto S. Weeks  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Charles M. Francheville  m 
⊖ James A. Fraser  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander N. MacDonald  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William H. Wylde  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,881 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17504(F) — 6 Feb 2022 12:50 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
51
LC
 3/4 706 48.99% -37 Winner:
LIB
 743 51.56% William H. Wylde
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,413 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17786(F) — 6 Feb 2022 14:02 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
55
LC
 5/5 301 24.94% -327 Winner:
LIB
 628 52.03% William H. Wylde
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,101 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17810(F) — 29 Jul 2023 22:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
LC
 1/5 803 51.77% +207 Loser:
LIB
 596 38.43% Duncan C. Fraser

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,615 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17831(F) — 29 Jul 2023 22:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
LC
 4/4 414 31.65% -398 Winner:
LIB
 812 62.08% James A. Fraser
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,077 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17856(F) — 29 Jul 2023 22:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
66
LC
 3/4 565 36.71% -366 Winner:
LIB
 931 60.49% Otto S. Weeks

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Hadley, Joseph William (p. 86)		 10 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph William Hadley		 10 Aug 2023

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