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♂ William D. Forrest
aliasWilliam D. Forrest
Record
20466 · 10505

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth 2 June 1874 → 149 years + 10 months ago
Lived 65 years + 3 months
First mandate 20 June 1937 → 86 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 63 years
Death 12 September 1939 → 84 years + 7 months ago
Died in office Yes
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 2 22 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 12,948 Votes: 9,564 Participation: 73.86% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18158(F) — 7 Feb 2022 21:52 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
63
LIB
 1/2 5,186 54.61% +876 Loser:
LC
 4,310 45.39% Arthur W. Morton
After his election:
12 Sep 1939 65
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 2 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,948 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
5 December 1939
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18175(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
65		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. James E. Rutledge

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Forrest, William Duff (p. 73)		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Duff Forrest		 06 Aug 2023

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