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♂ Hugh Nelson
aliasHugh Nelson
Record
45891 · 4977

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 25 May 1830 → 193 years + 11 months ago
Lived 62 years + 9 months
First mandate 13 December 1871 → 152 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 6 months
Death 3 March 1893 → 131 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 1 month after 21 January 1874
Special notes
None
 
Hugh Nelson (1830–1893) 200x278
© Photo — Public domain
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
Canada 2 1 8

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 149 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 British Columbia
13 December 1871
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18475(F) — 27 Nov 2021 22:17 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
LC
 1/2 125 83.89% +101 Loser:
IND
 24 16.11% ? Scott

Service: 7 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 British Columbia
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18665(F) — 25 Jun 2023 11:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LC
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 43
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 403 Votes: 304 Participation: 75.43% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 British Columbia
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18703(F) — 20 Jan 2022 21:23 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
LIB
 162 53.29% James Cunningham

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Nelson, Hugh		 24 Dec 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Nelson, Hugh		 24 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Hugh Nelson, M.P., Senator		 24 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Hugh Nelson, député, sénateur		 24 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Hugh Nelson (Canadian politician)		 24 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Hugh Nelson (Canada)		 24 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Dec 2023 20:02 (but data presented dynamically)

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