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♂ John Taylor
aliasJohn Taylor
Record
60343 · 4879

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth c. 1816 → 208 years ago
Lived ± 65 years
First mandate 18 February 1873 → 151 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age ± 57 years
Death 14 June 1881 → 142 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 5 months after 16 December 1874
Special notes
None
 

John Taylor
No photo available
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 1 9 26 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,864 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
18 February 1873
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17526(F) — 11 Oct 2022 22:20 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±57
LIB
 1/2 2,142 74.79% +1,420 Loser:
IND
 722 25.21% Robert Motton

Service: 1 year 9 months 28 days (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
±58		 Successor:
LIB
 2,709 59.28% Edward Farrell

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Taylor		 02 Feb 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Taylor, John (p. 213)		 02 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Taylor (Nova Scotia politician)		 02 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Feb 2024 22:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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