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♂ N. Layton Fergusson
aliasN. Layton Fergusson
Record
19598 · 4100

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
Total 4 2 6
Birth 5 September 1908 → 115 years + 7 months ago
Lived 85 years + 5 months
First mandate 30 October 1956 → 67 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 1 month
Death 27 February 1994 → 30 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 4 months after 12 October 1970
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 13 11 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊖ James H. Aitchison  m 
⊖ Russell Cunningham  m 
 		 ⊕ Jeremy B. Akerman  m 
⊖ Clarence Gillis  m 
 
Eligible: 45,632 Votes: 30,798 Participation: 67.49% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Nova Scotia
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23744(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
44
PC
 3/4 4,726 15.42% -10,245 Winner:
CCF
 14,971 48.86% Clarence Gillis
Eligible: 12,614 Votes: 10,371 Participation: 82.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18308(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
PC
 1/3 4,324 42.20% +1,266 Loser:
LIB
 3,058 29.85% C. Roy MacDonald

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,560 Votes: 10,723 Participation: 85.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Nova Scotia
7 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18351(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 4,862 45.56% +619 Loser:
CCF
 4,243 39.76% John L. MacKinnon

Service: 3 years 4 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,271 Votes: 10,158 Participation: 82.78% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 Nova Scotia
8 October 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18393(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/3 5,870 58.06% +2,989 Loser:
NDP
 2,881 28.50% John L. MacKinnon

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,212 Votes: 9,615 Participation: 78.73% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14238(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 5,094 53.29% +2,046 Loser:
NDP
 3,048 31.89% James H. Aitchison

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,776 Votes: 11,269 Participation: 88.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8593(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:33 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
PC
 2/3 3,807 34.06% -1,527 Winner:
NDP
 5,334 47.72% Jeremy B. Akerman

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Fergusson, Neil Layton (p. 69)		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Layton Fergusson		 06 Aug 2023

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