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♂ Benjamin Russell
aliasBenjamin Russell
Record
54397 · 6807

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 10 January 1849 → 175 years + 3 months ago
Lived 86 years + 8 months
First mandate 23 June 1896 → 127 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 5 months
Death 20 September 1935 → 88 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 10 months after 2 November 1904
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 4 8

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Robert L. Borden  m 
⊖ Thomas E. Kenny  m 
 		 ⊖ Michael E. Keefe  m 
⊖ Alfred Putnam  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
LIB
 2/4 5,997 51.57% +381 Loser:
CONS
 5,616 48.30% Thomas E. Kenny

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,748 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Nova Scotia
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20312(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 1,882 50.21% +16 Loser:
CONS
 1,866 49.79% Alfred Putnam

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,035 Votes: 28,150 Participation: 73.94% Candidacies: 4
Federal
10		 Nova Scotia
3 November 1904
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20560(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
LIB
 7,277 51.96% Michael Carney

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Benjamin Russell, M.P.		 21 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Benjamin Russell, député		 21 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Benjamin Russell (Canadian politician)		 21 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Oct 2023 20:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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