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♂ Donald G. Archibald
aliasDonald G. Archibald
Record
1300 · 4843

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 2 4
Birth 16 August 1840 → 183 years + 8 months ago
Lived ± 68 years
First mandate 16 May 1871 → 152 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 9 months
Death c. September 1908 → 115 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death ± 29 years + 11 months after 16 September 1878
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 7 4 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
11 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Almon  m 
⊖ Edward Farrell  m 
⊖ William Garvie  m 
⊖ Philip C. Hill  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Michael J. Power  m 
⊖ John F. Stairs  m 
 		 ⊖ Malachy B. Daly  m 
⊖ John Flinn  m 
⊖ William D. Harrington  m 
⊖ Charles J. Macdonald  m 
⊖ John Pugh  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
30
LIB
 3/6 2,693 51.84% +196 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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 2/6 2,853 62.43% +1,016 Loser:
LC
 1,837 40.20% Robert Sedgewick

Service: 3 years 8 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,190 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17811(F) — 6 Feb 2022 14:47 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
38
LIB
 6/6 2,722 44.90% -413 Winner:
LC
 3,135 51.71% John Pugh
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,412 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
25 November 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17824(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 2/2 1,998 45.29% -416 Winner:
LC
 2,414 54.71% John F. Stairs

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Archibald, Donald G. (p. 6)		 26 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald Archibald		 26 Jul 2023

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