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♂ George Mitchell
aliasGeorge Mitchell
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 0 2
Birth 13 June 1846 → 177 years + 10 months ago
Lived 62 years + 2 months
First mandate 20 April 1897 → 127 years + 8 days ago
↳ at age 50 years + 10 months
Death 1 September 1908 → 115 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 2 months after 19 June 1906
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 9 1 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Adam B. Crosby  m 
⊖ David McPherson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William B. Wallace  m 
 		 ⊖ Michael E. Keefe  m 
⊖ John F. Stairs  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,387 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
32		 Nova Scotia
20 April 1897
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17931(F) — 6 Feb 2022 21:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/6 5,312 54.23% +558 Loser:
LC
 4,754 48.53% Miner T. Foster

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 28,223 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
33		 Nova Scotia
2 October 1901
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17953(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 2/6 4,955 52.67% +248 Loser:
LC
 4,707 50.03% Adam B. Crosby

Service: 4 years 8 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 28,856 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
34		 Nova Scotia
30 June 1906
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17984(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:09 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 5,372 55.85% Robert E. Finn

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Mitchell, George (p. 156)		 01 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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