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♂ Adam D. Burris
aliasAdam D. Burris
Record
8400 · 10483

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth 28 February 1887 → 137 years + 2 months ago
Lived 62 years + 11 months
First mandate 27 July 1920 → 103 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 4 months
Death 21 February 1950 → 74 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 7 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 4 10 27 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Henry G. Bauld  m 
⊖ John B. Douglas  m 
 		 ⊖ John L. Connolly  m 
⊖ Robert E. Finn  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 65,463 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 15
Provincial
37		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18056(F) — 6 Oct 2022 08:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LIB
 4/15 5,936 45.34% +1,891 Loser:
LC
 4,045 30.89% John B. Archibald

Service: 4 years 10 months 28 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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
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
Burris, Adam Dunlap (p. 24)		 27 Sep 2023

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