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♂ Alexander McCuish
aliasAlexander McCuish
Record
40845 · 10417

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 3 January 1843 → 181 years + 3 months ago
Lived 76 years + 5 months
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 8 months
Death 1 July 1919 → 104 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 12 days after 19 June 1882
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 9 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Isidore LeBlanc  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Murdoch McRae  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph Matheson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,294 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17818(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:46 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
LC
 1/4 643 56.06% +92 Loser:
LC
 551 48.04% Ed Gagnon

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,775 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17839(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:39 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
LC
 4/5 326 36.71% -81 Winner:
LC
 407 45.83% Murdoch McRae

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
McCuish, Alexander (p. 122)		 28 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander McCuish		 28 Aug 2023

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