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♂ Clarence W. Anderson
aliasClarence W. Anderson
Record
873 · 10398

Anglican   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 17 February 1871 → 153 years + 2 months ago
Lived 73 years + 9 months
First mandate 27 July 1920 → 103 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 5 months
Death 16 December 1944 → 79 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 5 months after 19 June 1937
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Guy M. Logan (1899–1986) Son-in-law
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 13 7 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Leonard W. Fraser  m 
⊖ Michael E. Morrison  m 
⊖ James C. Tory  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Simon O. Giffin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Howard A. Rice  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,770 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18055(F) — 6 Oct 2022 14:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 2/4 2,359 60.72% +876 Loser:
UF
 1,483 38.17% D.P. Floyd

Service: 4 years 10 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,256 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18078(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:51 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LIB
 4/4 2,668 47.41% -162 Winner:
LC
 2,830 50.28% Howard A. Rice
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,628 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18106(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:47 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
57
LIB
 1/4 3,337 52.85% +319 Loser:
LC
 3,018 47.80% Howard A. Rice

Service: 4 years 10 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,726 Votes: 7,880 Participation: 90.30% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18126(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/2 4,437 56.56% +1,029 Loser:
LC
 3,408 43.44% Leonard W. Fraser

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,108 Votes: 7,566 Participation: 83.07% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18157(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 4,368 57.81% Havelock L. Torrey

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Anderson, Clarence Wentworth (p. 3)		 26 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Clarence W. Anderson		 26 Jul 2023

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