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♂ Walter J.A. O'Hearn
aliasWalter J.A. O'Hearn
Record
46824 · 10477

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 31 October 1879 → 144 years + 5 months ago
Lived 53 years + 6 months
First mandate 16 January 1923 → 101 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 2 months
Death 3 May 1933 → 90 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 10 months after 24 June 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 5 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Henry G. Bauld  m 
⊖ J. Frederick Fraser  m 
⊖ Alexander Montgomerie  m 
⊖ John A. Walker  m 
 		 ⊖ John B. Douglas  m 
⊖ John F. Mahoney  m 
⊖ William D. Piercey  m 
 
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: 18069(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 5 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 120,854 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 13
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18079(F) — 6 Oct 2022 13:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
LIB
 10/13 7,872 32.57% -7,800 Winner:
LC
 15,672 64.84% William D. Piercey

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
O'Hearn, Walter Joseph Aloysius (p. 171)		 27 Sep 2023

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