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♂ James S. MacDonald
aliasJames S. MacDonald
Record
37585 · 10445

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth 3 October 1839 → 184 years + 6 months ago
Lived Unknown
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 11 months
Death Unknown
 
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

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William C. Bill  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,031 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17814(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LC
 2/4 1,527 50.63% +113 Loser:
LIB
 1,414 46.88% G.W. Fisher

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,565 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17835(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:38 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
LC
 1,345 48.33% Thomas R. Harris

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacDonald, James Stainforth (p. 127)		 26 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
James S. MacDonald		 26 Aug 2023

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