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♂ Murdoch McRae
aliasMurdoch McRae
Record
42620 · 4874

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 4 November 1846 → 177 years + 5 months ago
Lived 62 years + 4 months
First mandate 16 May 1871 → 152 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 24 years + 6 months
Death 9 March 1909 → 115 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 8 months after 14 June 1886
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 11 3 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Edmund P. Flynn  m 
⊖ Isidore LeBlanc  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander McCuish  m 
 		 ⊖ David A. Hearn  m 
⊖ Joseph Matheson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,256 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17512(F) — 6 Feb 2022 13:18 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
24
LC
 2/3 447 71.18% +130 Loser:
LIB
 317 50.48% Isidore LeBlanc

Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17794(F) — 6 Feb 2022 14:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
28
LC
 1/2 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 8 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,294 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17818(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:46 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
31		 Successor:
LIB
 599 52.22% Isidore LeBlanc
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,775 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17839(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:39 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
35
LC
 2/5 407 45.83% +53 Loser:
LIB
 354 39.86% Joseph Matheson

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,315 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17864(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:32 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
LC
 5/5 316 27.29% -218 Winner:
LC
 534 46.11% David A. Hearn

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
McRae, Murdoch (p. 150)		 02 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Murdoch McRae		 02 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Sep 2023 12:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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