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♂ John Morrison
aliasJohn Morrison
Record
44802 · 10421

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Birth 30 September 1836 → 187 years + 6 months ago
Lived 81 years + 4 months
First mandate 15 March 1894 → 130 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 57 years + 5 months
Death 22 February 1918 → 106 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 2 months after 4 December 1894
Special notes
Date of birth and death is an educated guess.
 

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 0 8 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Duncan Finlayson  m 
⊖ Abraham LeBlanc  m 
 		 ⊖ Simon Joyce  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph Matheson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,847 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
15 March 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17910(F) — 14 Oct 2023 17:02 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
LC
 2/4 994 51.66% +20 Loser:
LIB
 974 50.62% Joseph Matheson
After his election:
4 Dec 1894 58
LC
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 8 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,002 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
27 December 1894
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17914(F) — 14 Oct 2023 17:02 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LC
 2/2 947 47.30% -108 Winner:
LIB
 1,055 52.70% Joseph Matheson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,704 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Nova Scotia
20 April 1897
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17938(F) — 14 Oct 2023 17:02 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
60
LC
 3/4 910 49.14% -48 Winner:
LIB
 958 51.73% Simon Joyce

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Morrison		 14 Oct 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Morrison, John [2] (p. 159)		 14 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Oct 2023 17:02 (but data presented dynamically)

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