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♂ John B. Douglas
aliasJohn B. Douglas
Record
16762 · 10484

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Birth 14 February 1871 → 153 years + 2 months ago
Lived 62 years + 9 months
First mandate 27 July 1920 → 103 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 5 months
Death 17 November 1933 → 90 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 4 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

Races 3  
Path points 3  
13 documented challengers
⊖ Henry G. Bauld  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John L. Connolly  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert E. Finn  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John F. Mahoney  m 
⊖ Alexander Montgomerie  m 
⊖ William D. Piercey  m 
⊖ John A. Walker  m 
 		 ⊖ Adam D. Burris  m 
⊖ George E. Faulkner  m 
⊖ J. Frederick Fraser  m 
⊖ Hector McInnes  m 
⊖ Walter J.A. O'Hearn  m 
⊖ Felix P. Quinn  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 65,039 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 10
Provincial
36		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1916
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18037(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:59 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 8/10 6,359 48.89% -186 Winner:
LIB
 6,545 50.32% John L. Connolly
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
49
LIB
 3/15 6,057 46.26% +2,012 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
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LIB
 8/13 7,905 32.70% -7,767 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
Douglas, John Brown (p. 61)		 09 Sep 2023

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