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♂ John Fergusson
aliasJohn Fergusson
Record
19597 · 4803

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Birth 6 May 1815 → 208 years + 11 months ago
Lived ± 75 years
First mandate 18 September 1867 → 156 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 4 months
Death c. March 1891 → 133 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death ± 16 years + 2 months after 16 December 1874
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 7 2 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Ebenezer T. Moseley  m 
 		 ⊖ Alonzo J. White  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,297 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
24		 Nova Scotia
18 September 1867
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  ANTI  Majority
ID: 17481(F) — 30 Nov 2023 21:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
ANTI
 2/5 702 42.57% +86 Loser:
CONF
 616 37.36% N.S. McKay

Service: 3 years 7 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,145 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17501(F) — 6 Feb 2022 12:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 2/3 992 63.06% +168 Loser:
LC
 824 52.38% N.L. McKay

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,302 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17783(F) — 12 Jul 2023 08:50 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIB
 3/5 626 37.92% -413 Winner:
IND
 1,039 62.93% Ebenezer T. Moseley

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Fergusson, John (p. 68)		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Fergusson (politician)		 06 Aug 2023

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