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♂ William McDougall
aliasWilliam McDougall
Record
41126 · 4844

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 16 January 1816 → 208 years + 3 months ago
Lived 70 years + 3 months
First mandate 16 May 1871 → 152 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 4 months
Death 2 May 1886 → 137 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 2 months after 16 February 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 2 9 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William H. Allison  m 
⊖ Elkanah Young  m 
 		 ⊖ William D. Lawrence  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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
51
CONF
 4/4 904 37.26% -593 Winner:
ANTI
 1,497 61.71% Elkanah Young
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
LC
 2/4 1,396 52.94% +147 Loser:
LIB
 1,249 47.36% Fred Curry
After his election:
16 Feb 1874 58
LC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 9 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
10 March 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17529(F) — 29 Jul 2023 09:40 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Henry L. Yeomans

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
McDougall, William (p. 130)		 30 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William McDougall (Nova Scotia politician)		 30 Aug 2023

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