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♂ John Flinn
aliasJohn Flinn
Record
20152 · 4842

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth c. 1842 → 182 years ago
Lived ± 64 years
First mandate 16 May 1871 → 152 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 29 years
Death 24 December 1906 → 117 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 8 days after 16 December 1874
Special notes
None
 

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 3 7 1 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Donald G. Archibald  m 
⊖ William Garvie  m 
 		 ⊖ Malachy B. Daly  m 
⊖ Philip C. Hill  m 
 
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
±29
LIB
 2/6 2,704 52.05% +207 Loser:
LC
 2,497 48.07% Philip C. Hill

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,709 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17787(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:48 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±32		 Successor:
LIB
 2,709 59.28% Edward Farrell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Flinn, John (p. 72)		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Flinn (politician)		 06 Aug 2023

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