Samuel Rosborough Balcom
Samuel Rosborough Balcom | |
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Member of Parliament for Halifax | |
In office –1953 | |
Preceded by | Gordon Benjamin Isnor |
Succeeded by | Robert McCleave |
In office 1953–1957 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Port Dufferin, Nova Scotia | March 24, 1888
Died | May 4, 1981 | (aged 93)
Political party | Liberal |
Profession | Businessman pharmacist |
Samuel Rosborough Balcom (March 24, 1888 – May 4, 1981) was a Canadian politician, businessman and pharmacist. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a June 19, 1950 by-election as a Member of the Liberal Party representing the riding of Halifax, after Isnor was called to the Senate. He was re-elected in 1953 and defeated in 1957. Prior to his federal political experience, he was a commanding officer in medical stores during World War II between 1942 and 1942. Between 1944 and 1945, he was chief medical stores inspection officer in the Canadian Army.
Electoral record[]
1957 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert McCleave | 41,140 | 25.32 | ![]() | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Edmund L. Morris | 41,099 | 25.29 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Samuel Rosborough Balcom | 38,504 | 23.70 | |||||
Liberal | John Horace Dickey | 38,191 | 23.51 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Hyacinth Lawrence MacIntosh | 1,984 | 1.22 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd Carman Wilson | 1,562 | 0.96 | |||||
Total valid votes | 162,480 | 100.00 |
1953 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | John Horace Dickey | 34,587 | 27.82 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Samuel Rosborough Balcom | 34,222 | 27.53 | ![]() | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Edmund L. Morris | 26,552 | 21.36 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Frederick William Bissett | 24,112 | 19.39 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Hyacinth Lawrence MacIntosh | 2,731 | 2.20 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd Carman Wilson | 2,120 | 1.71 | |||||
Total valid votes | 124,324 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal by-election, 19 June 1950 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Samuel Rosborough Balcom | 24,665 | 57.07 | ![]() | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Allen | 13,696 | 31.69 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | J.W.A. Nicholson | 4,861 | 11.25 | |||||
Total valid votes | 43,222 | 100.00 | ||||||
Called upon Gordon Isnor being called to the Senate, 2 May 1950 |
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