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♂ Colin Chisholm
aliasColin Chisholm
Record
10872 · 9477

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 3 4
Birth c. 1850 → 174 years ago
Lived ± 51 years
First mandate 15 June 1886 → 137 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 36 years
Death 15 February 1901 → 123 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 8 months after 20 May 1890
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 3 11 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
7 documented challengers
⊖ William Buchanan  m 
⊖ William MacKay  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ebenezer T. Moseley  m 
⊖ Alonzo J. White  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Angus J. MacDonald  m 
⊖ Joseph McPherson  m 
⊖ George H. Murray  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,549 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17828(F) — 27 Sep 2023 20:20 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±32
LC
 4/4 1,178 42.45% -401 Winner:
LIB
 1,579 56.90% William Buchanan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,387 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
29 August 1882
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17846(F) — 2 Aug 2023 14:01 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±32
LC
 2/2 812 34.02% -763 Winner:
LIB
 1,575 65.98% Alonzo J. White
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,193 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17853(F) — 2 Aug 2023 14:01 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±36
LC
 1/4 1,633 62.88% +380 Loser:
LIB
 1,253 48.25% George H. Murray

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,498 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17876(F) — 2 Aug 2023 14:01 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±40
LC
 4/4 2,097 44.16% -482 Winner:
LIB
 2,579 54.31% Joseph McPherson

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Colin Chisholm		 02 Aug 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Chisholm, Colin (p. 34)		 02 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Colin Chisholm (politician)		 02 Aug 2023

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Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 14:02 (but data presented dynamically)

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