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♂ Alfred P. Welton
aliasAlfred P. Welton
Record
64615 · 10451

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 15 July 1836 → 187 years + 9 months ago
Lived ± 80 years
First mandate 21 May 1890 → 133 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 10 months
Death c. 1917 → 107 years ago
Exit → Death ± 22 years + 9 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 2  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ William C. Bill  m 
⊖ Leander Rand  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas R. Harris  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Barclay Webster  m 
 
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 but elected later to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 3/4 1,535 49.84% -25 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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 2/4 1,572 50.24% +32 Loser:
LC
 1,540 49.22% Thomas R. Harris

Service: 3 years 9 months 21 days (Gov't)
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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
LIB
 2,081 57.93% Henry H. Wickwire

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Welton, Alfred Parker (p. 230)		 16 Oct 2023

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