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♂ Simon O. Giffin
aliasSimon O. Giffin
Record
22855 · 10399

Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 8 June 1870 → 153 years + 10 months ago
Lived 64 years + 8 months
First mandate 25 June 1925 → 98 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 55 years
Death 11 February 1935 → 89 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 4 months after 30 September 1928
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 3 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Clarence W. Anderson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Howard A. Rice  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Michael E. Morrison  m 
⊖ James C. Tory  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
LC
 1/4 2,995 53.22% +232 Loser:
LIB
 2,763 49.09% James C. Tory

Service: 3 years 3 months 5 days (Gov't)
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
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LC
 4/4 2,980 47.20% -313 Winner:
LIB
 3,293 52.15% Michael E. Morrison

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Giffin, Simon Osburn (p. 82)		 08 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Simon Osborn Giffin		 08 Aug 2023

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