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♂ Thomas Johnson
aliasThomas Johnson
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 9 0 9
Birth 30 October 1821 → 202 years + 5 months ago
Lived 81 years + 9 months
First mandate 18 September 1867 → 156 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 10 months
Death 30 July 1903 → 120 years + 8 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
His name appears as Thomas Johnston in some sources.
 

No photo available
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 32 0 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 11  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Charles H. Cahan  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Nehemiah D. McGray  m 
⊖ Thomas Robertson  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ William F. MacCoy  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Robert Robertson  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
24		 Nova Scotia
18 September 1867
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  ANTI  Majority
ID: 17492(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
ANTI
 2/2 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 7 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,689 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17513(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/4 826 61.41% +256 Loser:
LC
 570 42.38% William F. MacCoy

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17795(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 8 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,892 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17819(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:46 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LC
 989 50.82% Nehemiah D. McGray
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,124 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17840(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
60
LIB
 1/4 947 60.63% +255 Loser:
LC
 692 44.30% Nehemiah D. McGray

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,836 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17865(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/4 1,188 61.94% +328 Loser:
LC
 860 44.84% Alfred K. Smith

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,105 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17888(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/4 1,061 51.68% +19 Loser:
LIB
 1,042 50.75% William F. MacCoy

Service: 3 years 9 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,872 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
15 March 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17911(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
72
LIB
 2/4 1,282 52.63% +70 Loser:
LC
 1,212 49.75% Charles H. Cahan

Service: 3 years 1 month 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Nova Scotia
20 April 1897
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17939(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
75
LIB
 2/2 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,946 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Nova Scotia
2 October 1901
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17961(F) — 18 Aug 2023 19:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
79
LIB
 1/3 817 83.97% +491 Loser:
LC
 326 33.50% Arthur Hood
After his election:
30 Jul 1903 81
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,660 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Nova Scotia
12 January 1904
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17968(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
81		 Successor:
LIB
 974 58.67% George A. Cox

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Johnson, Thomas (p. 103)		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Johnston (Canadian politician)		 11 Apr 2024

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