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♂ David MacKeen
aliasDavid MacKeen
Record
38019 · 6044

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 20 September 1839 → 184 years + 7 months ago
Lived 77 years + 1 month
First mandate 22 February 1887 → 137 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 5 months
Death 13 November 1916 → 107 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 9 months after 15 January 1896
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
Canada 8 10 21

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Hector F. McDougall  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ebenezer T. Moseley  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph McPherson  m 
⊖ George H. Murray  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,570 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
6		 Nova Scotia
22 February 1887
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19414(F) — 28 Nov 2021 17:15 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
CONS
 2/7 1,873 43.71% +170 Loser:
LIB
 1,703 39.74% George H. Murray

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,809 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
7		 Nova Scotia
5 March 1891
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19762(F) — 22 Jan 2022 11:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CONS
 1/4 2,889 58.90% +728 Loser:
LIB
 2,161 44.06% George H. Murray
After his election:
15 Jan 1896 56
CONS
 →
Vac.
 To vacate the seat for someone else
Service: 4 years 10 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Nova Scotia
4 February 1896
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 20021(F) — 4 Feb 2023 12:19 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
CONS
 3 75.00% Charles Tupper

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
MacKeen, David		 10 Oct 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
MacKeen, David		 10 Oct 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. David MacKeen, M.P., Senator		 10 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. David MacKeen, député, sénateur		 10 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
David MacKeen		 10 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
David MacKeen		 10 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Oct 2023 20:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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