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♂ Otto S. Weeks
aliasOtto S. Weeks
Record
64445 · 4891

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 2 5
Birth c. 1828 → 196 years ago
Lived ± 64 years
First mandate 20 December 1875 → 148 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age ± 47 years
Death 4 February 1892 → 132 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 8 months after 20 May 1890
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 10 7 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Alexander F. Cameron  m 
⊖ James A. Fraser  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander N. MacDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Duncan C. Fraser  m 
⊖ Joseph W. Hadley  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Hamilton L. Morrow  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,446 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
20 December 1875
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17799(F) — 29 Jul 2023 22:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±47
LIB
 1/2 729 50.41% +12 Loser:
LC
 717 49.59% Joseph H. Hadley

Service: 2 years 8 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,101 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17810(F) — 29 Jul 2023 22:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±50
LIB
 4/5 502 32.37% -196 Winner:
LC
 698 45.00% Alexander N. MacDonald
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,615 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17831(F) — 29 Jul 2023 22:13 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±54
LIB
 1/4 871 66.59% +353 Loser:
LC
 518 39.60% Alexander N. MacDonald

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,077 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17856(F) — 29 Jul 2023 22:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±58
LIB
 2/4 931 60.49% +366 Loser:
LC
 565 36.71% Joseph W. Hadley

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,494 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17879(F) — 29 Jul 2023 22:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±62
ILIB
 5/5 538 30.80% -217 Winner:
LC
 755 43.22% Hamilton L. Morrow

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Otto Schwartz Weeks		 29 Jul 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Weeks, Otto Schwartz (p. 229)		 29 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Otto Schwartz Weeks		 29 Jul 2023

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