Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Michael Dwyer

♂ Michael Dwyer
aliasMichael Dwyer
Record
18003 · 10523

Irish-Canadian    Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Nova Scotia 2 0 2
Total 2 2 4
Birth 4 February 1877 → 147 years + 2 months ago
Lived 76 years + 10 months
First mandate 22 August 1933 → 90 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 6 months
Death 28 December 1953 → 70 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 11 months after 28 January 1939
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 5 5 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Lewis W. Johnstone  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 16,106 Votes: 10,975 Participation: 68.14% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Nova Scotia
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22099(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
49
LIB
 2/2 4,691 42.74% -1,593 Winner:
LC
 6,284 57.26% Lewis W. Johnstone
Eligible: 14,646 Votes: 12,259 Participation: 83.70% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Nova Scotia
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22373(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
53
LIB
 2/2 5,184 42.29% -1,891 Winner:
LC
 7,075 57.71% Lewis W. Johnstone
Eligible: 8,042 Votes: 6,918 Participation: 86.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18121(F) — 6 Oct 2022 15:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 1/3 3,263 47.84% +294 Loser:
LC
 2,969 43.53% Neil R. McArthur

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,109 Votes: 7,033 Participation: 77.21% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18149(F) — 7 Feb 2022 21:41 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 4,148 59.56% +1,332 Loser:
LC
 2,816 40.44% Robert S. MacLellan
After his election:
28 Jan 1939 61
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 7 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,109 Votes: 6,622 Participation: 72.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
5 December 1939
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18174(F) — 6 Oct 2022 15:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
CCF
 2,981 45.02% Douglas MacDonald

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Dwyer, Michael (p. 63)		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Michael Dwyer (Canadian politician)		 06 Aug 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Aug 2023 03:08 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.