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♂ Gordon S. Harrington
aliasGordon S. Harrington
Record
26122 · 10519

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
Birth 7 August 1883 → 140 years + 8 months ago
Lived 59 years + 10 months
First mandate 25 June 1925 → 98 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 10 months
Death 4 July 1943 → 80 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 15 days after 19 June 1937
Special notes
None
 
Gordon S. Harrington (1883–1943) 200x263
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Public domain
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 11 11 6 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 39
LC
 1 Party leader 47–53 11 Aug 1930 — 30 Jun 1937 6 10 19
2. NS 39
LC
 1 Premier 47–50 11 Aug 1930 — 21 Aug 1933 3 0 10
3. NS 40
LC
 1 Opposition Leader 50–53 22 Aug 1933 — 19 Jun 1937 3 9 28

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph MacDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Malcolm A. Patterson  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ George M. Morrison  m 
⊖ Joseph Steele  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,327 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18075(F) — 6 Oct 2022 13:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LC
 1/6 7,621 68.26% +4,344 Loser:
LIB
 3,277 29.35% Daniel McDonald
After his election:
16 Jul 1925 41
LC
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
1 August 1925
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18092(F) — 12 Oct 2022 00:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 1 month 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,356 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18101(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LC
 1/4 5,949 58.45% +1,565 Loser:
LIB
 4,384 43.07% Malcolm A. Patterson

Service: 4 years 10 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,117 Votes: 10,892 Participation: 83.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18139(F) — 6 Oct 2022 15:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
LC
 1/3 4,757 43.81% +107 Loser:
LIB
 4,650 42.83% Malcolm A. Patterson

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,811 Votes: 11,337 Participation: 82.09% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18152(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:46 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
53
LC
 2/2 5,427 48.00% -452 Winner:
LIB
 5,879 52.00% George M. Morrison

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Harrington, Gordon Sidney (p. 89)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Sidney Harrington		 23 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Gordon Sidney Harrington		 23 Dec 2023

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