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♂ William D. Lawrence
aliasWilliam D. Lawrence
Record
34711 · 4837

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 16 July 1817 → 206 years + 9 months ago
Lived 69 years + 4 months
First mandate 18 September 1867 → 156 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 2 months
Death 8 December 1886 → 137 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 6 months after 15 May 1871
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 3 7 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William H. Allison  m 
⊖ Elkanah Young  m 
 		 ⊖ William McDougall  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,851 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Nova Scotia
18 September 1867
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  ANTI  Majority
ID: 17485(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
ANTI
 1/4 1,529 63.03% +608 Loser:
CONF
 921 37.96% ? Parker

Service: 3 years 7 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,274 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17506(F) — 6 Feb 2022 12:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LIB
 4/4 1,183 44.86% -213 Winner:
LC
 1,396 52.94% William McDougall

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Lawrence, William Dawson		 21 Aug 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Lawrence, William Dawson		 21 Aug 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Lawrence, William Dawson (p. 113)		 21 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Dawson Lawrence		 21 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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