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♂ Mather B. DesBrisay
aliasMather B. DesBrisay
Record
15507 · 4819

Irish-Canadian    Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 0 3
Birth 19 March 1828 → 196 years + 1 month ago
Lived 72 years
First mandate 18 September 1867 → 156 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 5 months
Death 8 April 1900 → 124 years ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 7 months after 21 August 1876
Special notes
None
 
Mather B. DesBrisay (1828–1900) 200x250
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Public domain
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 8 11 1 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 26
LIB
 1 Speaker 47–48 03 May 1875 — 21 Aug 1876 1 3 18

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ James D. Eisenhauer  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Henry S. Jost  m 
 		 ⊖ Edward James  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,863 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Nova Scotia
18 September 1867
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  ANTI  Majority
ID: 17488(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:55 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
ANTI
 2/4 1,553 63.86% +700 Loser:
CONF
 853 35.07% Henry S. Jost

Service: 3 years 7 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17509(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,205 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17791(F) — 6 Feb 2022 14:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 2/4 1,423 54.67% +275 Loser:
LC
 1,148 44.10% William Young
After his election:
21 Aug 1876 48
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 8 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,259 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
27 September 1876
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17800(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 1,322 58.52% Charles H. Davison

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
DesBrisay, Mather Byles		 23 Dec 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
DesBrisay, Mather Byles		 23 Dec 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
DesBrisay, Mather Byles (p. 52)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Mather Byles DesBrisay		 23 Dec 2023

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