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♂ Hugh J. Cameron
aliasHugh J. Cameron
Record
8948 · 6317

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 0 2
Birth Unknown
   
First mandate 16 May 1871 → 152 years + 11 months ago
Death c. 1908 → 116 years ago
Exit → Death ± 29 years + 3 months after 16 September 1878
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
Nova Scotia 7 4 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Robert S. Copeland  m 
⊖ James McDonald  m 
 		 ⊖ Simon H. Holmes  m 
⊖ George Murray  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,466 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17510(F) — 6 Feb 2022 13:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
?
LC
 3/6 2,188 52.66% +233 Loser:
LIB
 1,955 47.05% George Murray

Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17792(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
?
LC
 1/3 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 8 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,820 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17816(F) — 6 Feb 2022 15:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
?		 Successor:
LC
 2,592 52.47% Alexander MacKay

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Cameron, Hugh J. (p. 28)		 27 Sep 2023

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