Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Edward D. Haliburton

♂ Edward D. Haliburton
aliasEdward D. Haliburton
Record
25380 · 4118

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 1 6
Birth 28 March 1898 → 126 years + 1 month ago
Lived 91 years + 11 months
First mandate 26 May 1953 → 70 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 1 month
Death 12 March 1990 → 34 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 5 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 17 4 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊖ George A. Boggs  m 
⊖ David R. Sutton  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ William H. Pipe  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Hiram Thomas  m 
 
Eligible: 19,126 Votes: 28,935 Participation: 75.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18253(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
51
PC
 3/4 7,138 49.42% -184 Winner:
LIB
 7,322 50.69% David R. Sutton
Eligible: 19,599 Votes: 29,487 Participation: 75.23% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18292(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
PC
 1/4 7,642 51.96% +397 Loser:
LIB
 7,245 49.26% David R. Sutton

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,984 Votes: 3,998 Participation: 80.22% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18342(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/2 2,368 59.77% +774 Loser:
LIB
 1,594 40.23% MacIntosh MacLeod

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,075 Votes: 4,188 Participation: 82.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Nova Scotia
7 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18374(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/3 2,388 57.29% +807 Loser:
LIB
 1,581 37.93% Bruce Trenholm

Service: 3 years 4 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,293 Votes: 3,958 Participation: 74.78% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Nova Scotia
8 October 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18416(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PC
 1/2 2,505 64.43% +1,122 Loser:
LIB
 1,383 35.57% Bruce Trenholm

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,414 Votes: 4,029 Participation: 74.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14266(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
PC
 1/2 2,515 62.89% +1,031 Loser:
LIB
 1,484 37.11% Bruce Trenholm

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,528 Votes: 4,788 Participation: 73.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8622(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
72		 Successor:
PC
 2,722 57.55% Harry W. How

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Haliburton, Edward Douglas (p. 86)		 10 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Edward Haliburton		 10 Aug 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Aug 2023 21:14 (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.