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♂ Hiram Thomas
aliasHiram Thomas
Record
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Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Total 1 3 4
Birth 31 March 1889 → 135 years ago
Lived 84 years + 11 months
First mandate 30 October 1956 → 67 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 67 years + 6 months
Death 24 March 1974 → 50 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 9 months after 6 June 1960
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 3 7 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Edward D. Haliburton  m 
⊖ William H. Pipe  m 
 		 ⊖ James L. Ilsley  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ David R. Sutton  m 
 
Eligible: 35,359 Votes: 24,612 Participation: 69.61% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Nova Scotia
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22926(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
50
NATG
 2/2 9,518 38.67% -5,576 Winner:
LIB
 15,094 61.33% James L. Ilsley
Eligible: 36,360 Votes: 25,944 Participation: 71.35% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 Nova Scotia
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23186(F) — 10 Sep 2022 16:08 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
56
PC
 2/4 9,885 38.10% -4,560 Winner:
LIB
 14,445 55.68% James L. Ilsley
Eligible: 19,126 Votes: 28,935 Participation: 75.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18253(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
60
PC
 4/4 7,061 48.88% -261 Winner:
LIB
 7,322 50.69% David R. Sutton
Eligible: 7,546 Votes: 6,043 Participation: 80.08% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18343(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
67
PC
 1/2 2,988 50.03% +3 Loser:
LIB
 2,985 49.97% C.D. McLean

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,007 Votes: 7,610 Participation: 84.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Nova Scotia
7 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18375(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
LIB
 3,937 51.93% Edward D. MacArthur

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Thomas, Hiram (p. 214)		 28 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Hiram Thomas		 28 Sep 2023

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