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♂ David McPherson
aliasDavid McPherson
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 0 3
Birth 1 August 1832 → 191 years + 8 months ago
Lived 82 years
First mandate 20 April 1897 → 127 years + 7 days ago
↳ at age 64 years + 8 months
Death 12 August 1914 → 109 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 1 month after 13 June 1911
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 14 1 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Adam B. Crosby  m 
⊖ Robert E. Finn  m 
⊖ George Mitchell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William B. Wallace  m 
 		 ⊖ George E. Faulkner  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
64
LIB
 2/6 5,307 54.18% +553 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
69
LIB
 1/6 5,049 53.67% +342 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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
73
LIB
 1/6 5,550 57.70% +1,127 Loser:
LC
 4,423 45.98% G.M. Campbell

Service: 4 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 34,622 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
35		 Nova Scotia
14 June 1911
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18013(F) — 6 Oct 2022 07:19 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
78		 Successor:
LIB
 5,836 50.57% Robert E. Finn

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
McPherson, David (p. 149)		 03 Oct 2023

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