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♂ Barclay Webster
aliasBarclay Webster
Record
64407 · 10450

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Total 1 2 3
Birth 16 September 1849 → 174 years + 7 months ago
Lived 78 years + 4 months
First mandate 21 May 1890 → 133 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 8 months
Death 14 February 1928 → 96 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 11 months after 14 March 1894
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 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Frederick W. Borden  m 
⊖ Thomas R. Harris  m 
⊖ Henry H. Wickwire  m 
 		 ⊖ Brenton H. Dodge  m 
⊖ Alfred P. Welton  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LC
 1/4 1,741 55.64% +201 Loser:
LC
 1,540 49.22% Thomas R. Harris

Service: 3 years 9 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,184 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
15 March 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17906(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
LC
 3/4 1,580 43.99% -501 Winner:
LIB
 2,081 57.93% Henry H. Wickwire
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,123 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Nova Scotia
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20314(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
51
CONS
 2/2 1,890 45.84% -343 Winner:
LIB
 2,233 54.16% Frederick W. Borden

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Webster, Barclay (p. 229)		 29 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Barclay Webster		 29 Jul 2023

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