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♂ William D. Piercey
aliasWilliam D. Piercey
Record
49644 · 10491

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth 9 June 1877 → 146 years + 10 months ago
Lived 86 years + 7 months
First mandate 25 June 1925 → 98 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 48 years
Death 22 January 1964 → 60 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 35 years + 3 months after 30 September 1928
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 3 3 5 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
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 
⊖ Walter J.A. O'Hearn  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LC
 5/13 15,672 64.84% +7,381 Loser:
LIB
 8,291 34.30% John Murphy

Service: 3 years 3 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 111,275 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 10
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18107(F) — 7 Feb 2022 21:17 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
LIB
 11,215 50.39% Edward J. Cragg

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Piercey, William Drysdale (p. 176)		 27 Sep 2023

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