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♂ Donald Nicholson
aliasDonald Nicholson
Record
46156 · 5416

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Prince Edward Island 0 1 1
Total 2 1 3
Birth 20 March 1850 → 174 years + 1 month ago
Lived 82 years + 1 month
First mandate 21 September 1911 → 112 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 61 years + 6 months
Death 30 April 1932 → 91 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 4 months after 5 December 1921
Special notes
None
 
Donald Nicholson (1850–1932) 200x288
© Photo 1918 House of Commons (Canada) — 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 10 2 13

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Alexander Martin  m 
⊖ Lemuel E. Prowse  m 
⊖ Matthew Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Angus A. McLean  m 
⊖ John E. Sinclair  m 
⊖ Alexander B. Warburton  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,705 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17443(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
54
CONS
 2/2 749 43.93% -207 Winner:
LIB
 956 56.07% Matthew Smith
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,631 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
12		 Prince Edward Island
21 September 1911
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21156(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
61
CONS
 2/4 4,308 51.80% +292 Loser:
LIB
 4,016 48.29% Alexander B. Warburton

Service: 6 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,462 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
13		 Prince Edward Island
17 December 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21414(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
UNIO
 1/4 5,435 50.65% +61 Loser:
UNIO
 5,374 50.08% Alexander Martin

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,436 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
14		 Prince Edward Island
6 December 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21671(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
LIB
 6,824 44.84% Donald A. MacKinnon

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Donald Nicholson, M.P.		 25 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Donald Nicholson, député		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald Nicholson (Canadian politician)		 25 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Dec 2023 21:41 (but data presented dynamically)

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