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♂ Edward A. Manson
aliasEdward A. Manson
Record
39156 · 4103

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
Birth 6 October 1906 → 117 years + 6 months ago
Lived 82 years + 4 months
First mandate 30 October 1956 → 67 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 50 years
Death 17 February 1989 → 35 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 18 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 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Jeremy B. Akerman  m 
⊖ Allan E. Sullivan  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Malcolm A. Patterson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 8,981 Votes: 7,681 Participation: 85.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18276(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
46
PC
 2/3 2,562 33.56% -1,168 Winner:
LIB
 3,730 48.86% Malcolm A. Patterson
Eligible: 9,864 Votes: 8,608 Participation: 87.27% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18311(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
PC
 1/2 4,440 51.97% +336 Loser:
LIB
 4,104 48.03% Malcolm A. Patterson

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,458 Votes: 9,287 Participation: 88.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Nova Scotia
7 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18355(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/3 4,192 45.37% +540 Loser:
LIB
 3,652 39.53% Herbert Shannon

Service: 3 years 4 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,034 Votes: 8,837 Participation: 80.09% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Nova Scotia
8 October 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18397(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/2 4,941 56.30% +1,106 Loser:
LIB
 3,835 43.70% Allan E. Sullivan

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,084 Votes: 8,842 Participation: 79.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14242(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/3 3,862 43.95% +114 Loser:
LIB
 3,748 42.65% Allan E. Sullivan

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,768 Votes: 9,983 Participation: 78.19% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8598(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 5,024 50.92% Allan E. Sullivan

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Manson, Edward Alaxander (p. 151)		 27 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Edward Manson		 27 Aug 2023

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