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♂ William H. Wylde
aliasWilliam H. Wylde
Record
66388 · 4816

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 0 3
Birth 7 February 1817 → 207 years + 2 months ago
Lived ± 77 years
First mandate 13 December 1870 → 153 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 10 months
Death c. 1895 → 129 years ago
Exit → Death ± 19 years + 2 months after 1 November 1875
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 4 10 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Stewart Campbell  m 
⊖ Joseph W. Hadley  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander N. MacDonald  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles M. Francheville  m 
⊖ John A. Kirk  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,789 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Nova Scotia
13 December 1870
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17497(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 875 48.91% +220 Loser:
LC
 655 36.61% J.A. Tory

Service: 5 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,881 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17504(F) — 6 Feb 2022 12:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 2/4 743 51.56% +37 Loser:
LC
 706 48.99% Joseph W. Hadley

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,413 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17786(F) — 6 Feb 2022 14:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 2/5 628 52.03% +188 Loser:
LC
 440 36.45% Stewart Campbell
After his election:
1 Nov 1875 58
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 10 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,446 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
20 December 1875
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17799(F) — 29 Jul 2023 22:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
LIB
 729 50.41% Otto S. Weeks

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William H Wylde		 31 Jul 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Wylde, William Henry (p. 237)		 31 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Henry Wylde (politician)		 31 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 Jul 2023 00:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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