♂ Hiram Blanchard ♦
 Presbyterian |
Record 5307 · 4814 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 67%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 17 January 1820 (204 years 3 months ago) |
17 December 1874 (149 years 4 months ago) |
54 years 11 months | No |
Service in elected office
| Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nova Scotia |
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Leadership roles
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| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | NS | 23 | CONF | 1 | Premier | 47 | 04 Jul 1867 — 17 Sep 1867 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |
| 2. | NS | 24 | CONF | 1 | Party leader | 47–54 | 04 Jul 1867 — 14 Nov 1874 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |
| 3. | NS | 24–25 | CONF | 1 | Opposition Leader | 47–54 | 18 Sep 1867 — 14 Nov 1874 | 7 | 1 | 27 | |
Electoral history
| → 3 recorded electoral participations → 4 electoral path points |
→ 3 documented challengers: |
Alexander Campbell m (2 runoffs) Hugh MacDonald m (2 runoffs) Samuel McDonnell m |
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| Provincial Ass.: 24 |
Nova Scotia | Inverness County | |||||||
| 18 September 1867 | Age: 47 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 2/4 | CONF | 56.86% | 986 of 3,468 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | ANTI | 53.75% | 932 (-54) | H. McInnis m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 7 September 1868 > | ?? | CONF | → | Vac. | Election cancelled/Unseated | ||||
| ID: 17486(F) — 4 Feb 2022 07:58 ET | Service: 0 year 11 months 20 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 24 |
Nova Scotia | Inverness County | |||||||
| 22 October 1868 | Age: 48 |
Defeated incumbent (Party leader) | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| By-Election | ✗ | 2/2 | CONF | 49.92% | 1,320 of 2,644 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | ANTI | 50.08% | 1,324 (+4) | Hugh MacDonald m ( 27 ) | |||||
| ID: 17495(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:24 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 25 |
Nova Scotia | Inverness County | |||||||
| 16 May 1871 | Age: 51 |
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | LC | 53.85% | 1,427 of 5,300 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 48.30% | 1,280 (-147) | Alexander Campbell m ( 44 ) | |||||
| ID: 17507(F) — 17 Nov 2023 13:24 ET | Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 26 |
Nova Scotia | Inverness County | |||||||
| 17 December 1874 | Age: 54 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | |||||||||
| Successor > | LIB | 54.47% | 1,482 of 5,441 | Duncan J. Campbell m ( 29 ) | |||||
| ID: 17789(F) — 6 Feb 2022 14:13 ET | |||||||||
| → 7 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Canadian Encyclopedia: Hiram Blanchard | 3 Dec 2023 |
| FR | Encyclopédie canadienne: Blanchard, Hiram | 3 Dec 2023 |
| EN | Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Blanchard, Hiram | 3 Dec 2023 |
| FR | Dictionnaire biographique du Canada: Blanchard, Hiram | 3 Dec 2023 |
| EN | The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory: Blanchard, Hiram (p. 17) | 3 Dec 2023 |
| EN | Wikipedia: Hiram Blanchard | 3 Dec 2023 |
| FR | Wikipédia: Hiram Blanchard | 3 Dec 2023 |
Rev.: 03 Dec 2023 @ 23:33 ET
Gen.: 25 Apr 2024 @ 13:53 ET
Gen.: 25 Apr 2024 @ 13:53 ET