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♂ John S. McIvor
aliasJohn S. McIvor
Record
41596 · 10533

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 27 March 1913 → 111 years + 1 month ago
Lived 44 years + 2 months
First mandate 23 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 6 months
Death 12 June 1957 → 66 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 7 months + 14 days after 29 October 1956
Special notes
None
 
John S. McIvor (1913–1957) 200x258
© 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 0 4 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 45
PC
 1 Speaker 40–43 24 Feb 1954 — 29 Oct 1956 2 8 5

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Donald MacDonald  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald C. MacNeil  m 
 
Eligible: 17,636 Votes: 11,169 Participation: 63.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
43		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18214(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:06 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
LIB
 1/3 4,778 43.10% +330 Loser:
CCF
 4,448 40.12% Donald MacDonald

Service: 3 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,880 Votes: 14,453 Participation: 80.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18240(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/3 6,742 47.20% +2,940 Loser:
PC
 3,802 26.62% Ross A. MacKimmie

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 18,011 Votes: 14,239 Participation: 79.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18275(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/3 6,467 45.52% +1,842 Loser:
CCF
 4,625 32.55% Vincent A. Morrison

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,649 Votes: 10,729 Participation: 84.82% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18310(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LIB
 2/3 4,450 41.66% -651 Winner:
PC
 5,101 47.76% Donald C. MacNeil

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
McIvor, John Smith (p. 135)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Smith MacIvor		 23 Dec 2023

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