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♂ Hugh MacDonald
aliasHugh MacDonald
Record
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Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 3 4
Birth c. 1841 → 183 years ago
Lived ± 61 years
First mandate 22 October 1868 → 155 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 27 years
Death c. 1902 → 122 years ago
Exit → Death ± 30 years + 7 months after 15 May 1871
Special notes
Not to be confused with Hugh McDonald, federal MP for Antigonish.
 

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 2 6 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Hiram Blanchard  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Duncan J. Campbell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Samuel McDonnell  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexander Campbell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John MacKinnon  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,644 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
24		 Nova Scotia
22 October 1868
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  ANTI  Majority
ID: 17495(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±27
ANTI
 1/2 1,324 50.08% +4 Loser:
CONF
 1,320 49.92% Hiram Blanchard

Service: 2 years 6 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,300 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17507(F) — 17 Nov 2023 13:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±30
LIB
 4/4 1,265 47.74% -63 Winner:
LC
 1,328 50.11% Samuel McDonnell
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,684 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 October 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17523(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±31
LIB
 2/2 1,300 48.44% -84 Winner:
LC
 1,384 51.56% Duncan J. Campbell
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,441 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17789(F) — 6 Feb 2022 14:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±33
LIB
 4/4 1,260 46.31% -130 Winner:
LIB
 1,390 51.08% John MacKinnon

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacDonald, Hugh [3] (p. 126)		 24 Sep 2023

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