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♂ Philip C. Hill
aliasPhilip C. Hill
Record
27544 · 4815

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 3 5
Birth 13 August 1821 → 202 years + 8 months ago
Lived 73 years + 1 month
First mandate 17 November 1870 → 153 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 3 months
Death 15 September 1894 → 129 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 11 months after 16 September 1878
Special notes
None
 
Philip C. Hill (1821–1894)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Halifax, Nova Scotia (1861–1864)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 4 1 0 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 26
LIB
 1 Party leader 53–57 11 May 1875 — 30 Sep 1878 3 4 19
2. NS 26
LIB
 1 Premier 53–57 11 May 1875 — 16 Sep 1878 3 4 5

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
14 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Almon  m 
⊖ Henry Balcom  m 
⊖ Malachy B. Daly  m 
⊖ John Flinn  m 
⊖ William D. Harrington  m 
⊖ Jeremiah Northup  m 
⊖ John Pugh  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald G. Archibald  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ James Cochran  m 
⊖ Edward Farrell  m 
⊖ William Garvie  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles J. Macdonald  m 
⊖ Michael J. Power  m 
⊖ Stephen Tobin  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,526 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
24		 Nova Scotia
18 September 1867
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  ANTI  Majority
ID: 17484(F) — 26 Jul 2023 21:05 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
46
CONF
 4/6 2,152 47.73% -212 Winner:
ANTI
 2,364 52.43% Henry Balcom
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,286 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
24		 Nova Scotia
17 November 1870
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17496(F) — 4 Feb 2022 08:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LC
 1/2 2,150 50.16% +14 Loser:
LIB
 2,136 49.84% William Garvie
After his election:
20 Mar 1871 49
LC
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 4 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,586 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17505(F) — 6 Feb 2022 12:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LC
 4/6 2,497 48.07% -196 Winner:
LIB
 2,693 51.84% Donald G. Archibald
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,709 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17787(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:48 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
53
LIB
 1/6 2,862 62.63% +1,025 Loser:
LC
 1,837 40.20% Robert Sedgewick

Service: 3 years 8 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,190 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17811(F) — 6 Feb 2022 14:47 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
57
LIB
 4/6 2,866 47.27% -269 Winner:
LC
 3,135 51.71% John Pugh

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Philip Carteret Hill		 03 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Hill, Philip Carteret		 03 Mar 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Hill, Philip Carteret		 03 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Hill, Philip Carteret		 03 Mar 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Hill, Philip Carteret (p. 95)		 03 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Philip Carteret Hill		 03 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Philip Carteret Hill		 03 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Mar 2024 22:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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