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♂ Thomas B. Smith
aliasThomas B. Smith
Record
57770 · 4872

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 28 October 1839 → 184 years + 5 months ago
Lived 93 years + 8 months
First mandate 4 March 1874 → 150 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 34 years + 4 months
Death 22 July 1933 → 90 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 39 years + 4 months after 14 March 1894
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 8 4 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ William H. Allison  m 
⊖ Allen Haley  m 
⊖ Nathaniel D. Spence  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Archibald Frame  m 
⊖ Alfred Putnam  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,767 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
4 March 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17517(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 1/2 1,455 52.58% +143 Loser:
LC
 1,312 47.42% Nathaniel D. Spence

Service: 9 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,204 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17788(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:48 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
35
LIB
 3/3 1,332 63.37% -77 Winner:
LC
 1,409 67.03% Alfred Putnam
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,891 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17812(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:45 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
38
LIB
 2/4 1,507 51.15% +42 Loser:
LC
 1,465 49.73% F.S. Creelman

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,935 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17833(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:38 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
LC
 1,236 50.08% Nathaniel D. Spence
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,571 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17881(F) — 6 Feb 2022 16:15 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
50
LC
 1/4 1,698 51.67% +38 Loser:
LC
 1,660 50.52% Adam McDougall

Service: 3 years 9 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,772 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Nova Scotia
15 March 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17904(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:23 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 1,706 50.38% Arthur Drysdale

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Smith, Thomas Barlow (p. 204)		 07 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Barlow Smith		 07 Oct 2023

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