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♂ Alexander Johnston
aliasAlexander Johnston
Record
30230 · 6837

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Total 3 1 4
Birth 24 April 1867 → 157 years ago
Lived 84 years + 7 months
First mandate 20 April 1897 → 127 years + 7 days ago
↳ at age 29 years + 11 months
Death 30 November 1951 → 72 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 43 years + 1 month after 25 October 1908
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Joseph McPherson (1844–1930) Father-in-law
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 7 11 16
Nova Scotia 3 5 25 Z
TOTAL 11 5 11

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Arthur S. Kendall  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James W. Maddin  m 
⊖ Hector F. McDougall  m 
 		 ⊖ William MacKay  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John McCormick  m 
⊖ Charles Tupper  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,624 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Nova Scotia
20 April 1897
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17927(F) — 6 Feb 2022 21:43 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
LIB
 2/4 3,559 56.38% +868 Loser:
LC
 2,691 42.63% John McCormick
After his election:
15 Oct 1900 33
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 3 years 5 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,088 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
9		 Nova Scotia
7 November 1900
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20306(F) — 29 Nov 2021 07:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
33
LIB
 1/4 3,922 51.99% +250 Loser:
CONS
 3,672 48.67% Charles Tupper

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,279 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Nova Scotia
12 December 1900
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17944(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
33		 Successor:
LIB
 3,161 56.05% Neil J. Gillis
Eligible: 13,319 Votes: 7,592 Participation: 57.00% Candidacies: 3
Federal
10		 Nova Scotia
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20555(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/3 3,459 46.23% +305 Loser:
CONS
 3,154 42.15% William MacKay

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,007 Votes: 9,966 Participation: 66.41% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Nova Scotia
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20816(F) — 29 Nov 2021 08:10 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
LIB
 2/2 4,823 48.86% -225 Winner:
LC
 5,048 51.14% James W. Maddin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Alexander Johnston		 18 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Alexander Johnston		 18 Aug 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Johnston, Alexander (p. 103)		 18 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander Johnston (Canadian politician)		 18 Aug 2023

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