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♂ George A. Boggs
aliasGeorge A. Boggs
Record
5543 · 10462

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 9 August 1891 → 132 years + 8 months ago
Lived 77 years + 3 months
First mandate 26 May 1953 → 70 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 61 years + 9 months
Death 9 November 1968 → 55 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 11 days after 29 October 1956
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 5 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Eric W. Balcom  m 
⊖ William H. Pipe  m 
 		 ⊖ Edward D. Haliburton  m 
⊖ David R. Sutton  m 
 
Eligible: 19,599 Votes: 29,487 Participation: 75.23% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18292(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
61
PC
 2/4 7,481 50.86% +236 Loser:
LIB
 7,245 49.26% David R. Sutton

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,585 Votes: 6,127 Participation: 80.78% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18327(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
65
PC
 2/2 3,009 49.63% -45 Winner:
LIB
 3,054 50.37% Eric W. Balcom

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Boggs, George Arthur (p. 18)		 28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
George Arthur Boggs		 28 Jul 2023

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