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♂ James Sealy
aliasJames Sealy
Record
55827 · 10458

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 23 September 1862 → 161 years + 7 months ago
Lived 69 years + 10 months
First mandate 16 January 1923 → 101 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 3 months
Death 15 August 1932 → 91 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 4 months after 30 March 1925
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 2 2 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Robert L. Borden  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,465 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21320(F) — 2 Jul 2023 09:45 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
55
LL
 2/2 2,524 39.04% -1,417 Winner:
UNIO
 3,941 60.96% Robert L. Borden
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
37		 Nova Scotia
16 January 1923
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18070(F) — 7 Feb 2022 20:51 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
60
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
30 Mar 1925 62
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 2 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,481 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18082(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:52 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LC
 5,455 53.27% Reginald T. Caldwell

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Sealy, James (p. 197)		 22 Oct 2023

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