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♂ William A. Patterson
aliasWilliam A. Patterson
Record
48459 · 6775

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Nova Scotia 3 2 5
Total 4 2 6
Birth 10 July 1841 → 182 years + 9 months ago
Lived 75 years + 11 months
First mandate 17 December 1874 → 149 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 5 months
Death 14 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 11 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 5 3 18
Nova Scotia 11 5 25 Z
TOTAL 16 9 13

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
6 documented challengers
⊖ William M. Blair  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John B. Dickie  m 
⊖ Thomas F. Morrison  m 
 		 ⊖ George Clark  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick A. Laurence  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Samuel Rettie  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,577 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17782(F) — 6 Feb 2022 13:52 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LC
 1/4 1,718 61.60% +592 Loser:
LIB
 1,126 40.37% Robert Putnam

Service: 3 years 8 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,441 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17806(F) — 12 Jan 2023 21:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LC
 2/4 1,846 57.31% +444 Loser:
LIB
 1,402 43.53% Charles N. Cummings

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,116 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17827(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:37 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LC
 2/5 1,497 48.95% +110 Loser:
LIB
 1,387 45.36% Samuel D. McLellan

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,473 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17852(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:30 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
LC
 3/4 1,782 47.69% -156 Winner:
LIB
 1,938 51.86% Frederick A. Laurence
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,407 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17875(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:26 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
48
LC
 4/4 1,793 48.41% -75 Winner:
LIB
 1,868 50.43% George Clark
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,538 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
7		 Nova Scotia
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19763(F) — 22 Jan 2022 11:20 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
CONS
 1/3 2,588 57.03% +803 Loser:
LIB
 1,785 39.33% P. McG. Archibald

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,789 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Nova Scotia
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20051(F) — 22 Jan 2022 20:47 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
CONS
 2,483 51.85% Wilbert D. Dimock

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Albert Patterson, M.P.		 03 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Albert Patterson, député		 03 Sep 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Patterson, William Albert (p. 173)		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Albert Patterson		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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