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♂ A. Garnet Brown
aliasA. Garnet Brown
Record
7512 · 4068

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 2 May 1930 → 93 years + 11 months ago
Lived 79 years + 8 months
First mandate 8 July 1969 → 54 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 2 months
Death 7 January 2010 → 14 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 3 months after 18 September 1978
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 9 2 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Thomas J. McInnis  m 
 
 
Eligible: 12,385 Votes: 7,566 Participation: 61.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
8 July 1969
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14282(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 4,026 53.74% +952 Loser:
PC
 3,074 41.03% Murray S. Prest

Service: 1 year 3 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,746 Votes: 9,763 Participation: 71.02% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8614(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 5,585 58.09% +1,556 Loser:
PC
 4,029 41.91% Murray E. Ritcey

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,331 Votes: 12,300 Participation: 75.32% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8570(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 6,437 52.90% +2,232 Loser:
PC
 4,205 34.56% Hanson D. Josey

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,782 Votes: 9,861 Participation: 83.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4816(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LIB
 2/3 3,911 40.07% -1,387 Winner:
PC
 5,298 54.28% Thomas J. McInnis

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Brown, A. Garnet (p. 21)		 28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander Garnet Brown		 28 Jul 2023

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