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♂ Nelson C. Spencer
aliasNelson C. Spencer
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 1 0 1
Alberta 2 0 2
Total 3 1 4
Birth 7 December 1876 → 147 years + 4 months ago
Lived 66 years + 9 months
First mandate 17 April 1913 → 111 years + 11 days ago
↳ at age 36 years + 4 months
Death 30 September 1943 → 80 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 10 months after 1 November 1933
Special notes
None
 
Nelson C. Spencer (1876–1943)
© Photo c.1931 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A New Brunswick-born Conservative, Spencer opted not to seek a third term as the MLA for Medicine Hat in the legislative assembly in order to run (without success) in a June 1921 by-election in the federal riding of the same name, which had been called following the death of Alberta's second premier and current federal Unionist/Conservative minister, Arthur Sifton. Some time after he was badly defeated by the Progressive Party's Robert Gardiner, Spencer moved to British Columbia and was elected in 1928 as a Conservative MLA for Vancouver City, choosing not to re-offer in 1933 given his party's total disarray.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 8 1 12 Z
British Columbia 5 3 14 Z
TOTAL 13 4 27

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 6  
10 documented challengers
⊖ William R. Dick  m 
⊖ Robert Gardiner  m 
⊖ Angus MacInnis  m 
⊖ Charles R. Mitchell  m 
⊖ Helen D. Smith  f 
 		 ⊖ Dugald Donaghy  m 
⊖ Thomas H. Kirk  m 
⊖ Royal L. (Pat) Maitland  m 
⊖ William C. Shelly  m 
⊖ George A. Walkem  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,666 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27490(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
CONS
 1/2 1,843 50.27% +20 Loser:
LIB
 1,823 49.73% Charles R. Mitchell

Service: 4 years 1 month 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27561(F) — 5 Mar 2022 16:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
31 May 1921 44
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,502 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Alberta
27 June 1921
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NLCP  Majority
ID: 21523(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
44
NLCP
 2/2 3,369 20.42% -9,764 Winner:
PROG
 13,133 79.58% Robert Gardiner
Eligible: 6,357 Votes: 12,062 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27624(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:07 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
DLP
 3,602 59.72% William G. Johnston
Eligible: 54,745 Votes: 180,634 Participation: 54.99% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29371(F) — 20 Sep 2022 19:59 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
CONS
 2/15 16,717 55.53% +3,541 Loser:
LIB
 13,176 43.77% Dugald Donaghy

Service: 5 years 3 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,316 Votes: 28,461 Participation: 56.21% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
27 November 1933
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29425(F) — 16 Sep 2023 07:44 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 6,723 47.24% Gordon S. Wismer

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Nelson Spencer		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Nelson Spencer		 03 Feb 2024

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