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♂ Arthur W. MacKenzie
aliasArthur W. MacKenzie
Record
38038 · 10403

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 15 June 1898 → 125 years + 10 months ago
Lived ± 87 years
First mandate 23 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 4 months
Death c. 1986 → 38 years ago
Exit → Death ± 29 years + 2 months after 29 October 1956
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 11 0 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Ernest M. Ettinger  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,648 Votes: 5,599 Participation: 64.74% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18219(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 3,456 62.07% +1,344 Loser:
PC
 2,112 37.93% Harold V. Hudson

Service: 3 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,367 Votes: 6,322 Participation: 75.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18245(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 4,041 64.19% +1,787 Loser:
PC
 2,254 35.81% Hugh A.K. Forbes

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,146 Votes: 6,207 Participation: 76.20% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18283(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 3,470 56.29% +776 Loser:
PC
 2,694 43.71% Grant MacDonald

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,580 Votes: 4,842 Participation: 86.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18324(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LIB
 2/3 2,342 48.91% -50 Winner:
PC
 2,392 49.96% Ernest M. Ettinger

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacKenzie, Arthur Whittier (p. 138)		 26 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Arthur W. MacKenzie		 26 Aug 2023

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