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♂ William B. Troop
aliasWilliam B. Troop
Record
61995 · 4882

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Birth 13 April 1824 → 200 years ago
Lived ± 80 years
First mandate 17 December 1874 → 149 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 8 months
Death c. 1905 → 119 years ago
Exit → Death ± 22 years + 6 months after 19 June 1882
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 7 6 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Avard Longley  m 
⊖ Henry M. Munro  m 
 		 ⊖ James W. Longley  m 
⊖ Caleb W. Shaffner  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,395 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17780(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LC
 2/4 1,177 53.55% +164 Loser:
LIB
 1,013 46.09% E. Bent

Service: 3 years 8 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,043 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17804(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LC
 1/4 1,350 53.53% +115 Loser:
LC
 1,235 48.97% O.M. Taylor

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,142 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17825(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:37 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LC
 4/4 1,212 47.14% -117 Winner:
LIB
 1,329 51.69% Henry M. Munro

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Troop, William Botsford (p. 219)		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Botsford Troop		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Sep 2023 18:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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