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♂ Thomas R. Harris
aliasThomas R. Harris
Record
26206 · 10448

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Birth 24 March 1836 → 188 years + 1 month ago
Lived ± 57 years
First mandate 20 June 1882 → 141 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 2 months
Death c. 1894 → 130 years ago
Exit → Death ± 7 years + 6 months after 14 June 1886
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 11 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ William C. Bill  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Leander Rand  m 
⊖ Alfred P. Welton  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Thomas L. Dodge  m 
⊖ Barclay Webster  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LC
 2/5 1,345 48.33% +78 Loser:
LC
 1,267 45.53% William C. Bill

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,160 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17860(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:32 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LC
 4/4 1,430 46.43% -130 Winner:
LC
 1,560 50.65% William C. Bill
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,258 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17883(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
54
LC
 3/4 1,540 49.22% -32 Winner:
LIB
 1,572 50.24% Alfred P. Welton

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Harris, Thomas Rees (p. 90)		 12 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Thomas R. Harris		 12 Aug 2023

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