Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Howard A. Rice

♂ Howard A. Rice
aliasHoward A. Rice
Record
52358 · 10400

Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Total 1 3 4
Birth 5 May 1872 → 151 years + 11 months ago
Lived 86 years + 8 months
First mandate 25 June 1925 → 98 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 1 month
Death 2 February 1959 → 65 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 4 months after 30 September 1928
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

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 4  
Path points 4  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Clarence W. Anderson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Simon O. Giffin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Havelock L. Torrey  m 
 		 ⊖ William Duff  m 
⊖ 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
53
LC
 2/4 2,830 50.28% +67 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
56
LC
 3/4 3,018 47.80% -275 Winner:
LIB
 3,293 52.15% Michael E. Morrison
Eligible: 14,877 Votes: 12,181 Participation: 81.88% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Nova Scotia
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22372(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
58
LC
 2/2 5,811 47.71% -559 Winner:
LIB
 6,370 52.29% William Duff
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
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
65
LC
 2/2 3,188 42.19% -1,180 Winner:
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
Rice, Howard Amos (p. 186)		 14 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Howard Amos Rice		 14 Oct 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Oct 2023 17:07 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.