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♂ William Garvie
aliasWilliam Garvie
Record
22135 · 4841

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth c. 1837 → 187 years ago
Lived ± 35 years
First mandate 16 May 1871 → 152 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 34 years
Death 15 December 1872 → 151 years + 4 months ago
Died in office Yes
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 1 7 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Donald G. Archibald  m 
⊖ John Flinn  m 
 		 ⊖ Malachy B. Daly  m 
⊖ Philip C. Hill  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±33
LIB
 2/2 2,136 49.84% -14 Winner:
LC
 2,150 50.16% Philip C. Hill
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±34
LIB
 1/6 2,752 52.97% +255 Loser:
LC
 2,497 48.07% Philip C. Hill
After his election:
15 Dec 1872 ±35
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 6 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,864 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
18 February 1873
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17526(F) — 11 Oct 2022 22:20 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
±35		 Successor:
LIB
 2,142 74.79% John Taylor

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Garvie, William		 08 Aug 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Garvie, William		 08 Aug 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Garvie, William (p. 79)		 08 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Garvie		 08 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Aug 2023 20:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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