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♂ John F. Stairs
aliasJohn F. Stairs
Record
58561 · 5894

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Total 4 3 7
Birth 19 January 1848 → 176 years + 3 months ago
Lived 56 years + 8 months
First mandate 25 November 1879 → 144 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 10 months
Death 26 September 1904 → 119 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 3 months after 22 June 1896
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 9 19
Nova Scotia 2 6 23 Z
TOTAL 11 4 12

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 32
LC
 1 Party leader 49–56 01 May 1897 — 26 Sep 1904 7 4 25

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 9  
9 documented challengers
⊖ Donald G. Archibald  m 
⊖ Alfred G. Jones  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick A. Laurence  m 
⊖ George Mitchell  m 
⊖ William B. Wallace  m 
 		 ⊖ Edward Farrell  m 
⊖ Thomas E. Kenny  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ David McPherson  m 
⊖ Benjamin F. Pearson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,412 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
25 November 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17824(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
LC
 1/2 2,414 54.71% +416 Loser:
LIB
 1,998 45.29% Donald G. Archibald

Service: 2 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,408 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17832(F) — 6 Feb 2022 15:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
34		 Successor:
LIB
 2,554 49.73% William S. Fielding
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
5		 Nova Scotia
24 July 1883
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19648(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 6 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,621 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
6		 Nova Scotia
22 February 1887
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19419(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
CONS
 3/4 4,099 49.32% -82 Winner:
CONS
 4,181 50.31% Thomas E. Kenny
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,045 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
7		 Nova Scotia
5 March 1891
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19767(F) — 22 Jan 2022 11:28 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
43
CONS
 2/4 5,262 55.26% +927 Loser:
LIB
 4,335 45.52% Alfred G. Jones
After his election:
13 Jan 1892 43
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Nova Scotia
11 February 1892
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19954(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
CONS
 2/2 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 4 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 23,255 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
8		 Nova Scotia
23 June 1896
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20055(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 5,997 51.57% Benjamin Russell
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,387 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
32		 Nova Scotia
20 April 1897
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17931(F) — 6 Feb 2022 21:47 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
49
LC
 5/6 4,563 46.58% -538 Winner:
LIB
 5,101 52.07% William B. Wallace
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,559 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Nova Scotia
2 October 1901
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17948(F) — 6 Feb 2022 22:01 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
53
LC
 4/4 2,054 47.99% -115 Winner:
LIB
 2,169 50.68% Benjamin F. Pearson

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Stairs, John Fitzwilliam		 09 Sep 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Stairs, John Fitzwilliam		 09 Sep 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Fitzwilliam Stairs, M.P.		 09 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Fitzwilliam Stairs, député		 09 Sep 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Stairs, John Fitzwilliam (p. 207)		 09 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Fitzwilliam Stairs		 09 Sep 2023

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