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♂ Alexander N. MacDonald
aliasAlexander N. MacDonald
Record
37428 · 10389

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Birth 30 September 1818 → 205 years + 6 months ago
Lived 67 years + 2 months
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 59 years + 11 months
Death 7 December 1885 → 138 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 5 months after 19 June 1882
Special notes
None
 

No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Adams G. Archibald (1814–1892) Brother-in-law
 

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 3  
Path points 3  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Stewart Campbell  m 
⊖ Duncan C. Fraser  m 
⊖ Joseph W. Hadley  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William H. Wylde  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles M. Francheville  m 
⊖ James A. Fraser  m 
⊖ Otto S. Weeks  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
56
LC
 4/5 362 29.99% -266 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
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 → New to this legislature
Age
59
LC
 2/5 698 45.00% +102 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
63
LC
 3/4 518 39.60% -294 Winner:
LIB
 812 62.08% James A. Fraser

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Alexander N McDonald		 04 Feb 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacDonald, Alexander Neil (p. 123)		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Alexander N. McDonald		 04 Feb 2024

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