Hance James Logan
The Hon. Hance James Logan | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Cumberland, Nova Scotia | |
| In office February 5, 1929 – December 26, 1944 | |
| Appointed by | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Cumberland | |
| In office 1896–1911 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Rupert Dickey |
| Succeeded by | Edgar Nelson Rhodes |
| In office 1921–1925 | |
| Preceded by | Edgar Nelson Rhodes |
| Succeeded by | Robert Knowlton Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 26, 1869 |
| Died | December 26, 1944 (aged 75) |
| Party | Liberal |
Hance James Logan, KC (April 26, 1869 – December 26, 1944) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.[2]
Born in Amherst Point, Nova Scotia,[2] the son of James Archibald Logan, he was educated at the Model School of Truro, the Pictou Academy and Dalhousie University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1891.[3] He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1892 and practised law in Amherst. In 1909, he was named King's Counsel.[1]
Logan was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Cumberland on June 23, 1896, by a majority of 155 votes, defeating Arthur Rupert Dickey, the Minister of Justice in the Charles Tupper Government. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900 and 1904. He was defeated in 1911 and 1917. He was re-elected in 1921 and was defeated in 1925. In 1929, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Cumberland, Nova Scotia on the advice of William Lyon Mackenzie King. He served until his death in 1944.[2]
He was married twice: to Eleanor L. Kinder in 1891 and then to Anna Blanche MacKenna in 1921.[1]
Electoral record
| 1896 Canadian federal election: Cumberland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hance James Logan | 3,462 | 51.14 | +11.86 | ||||
| Conservative | Arthur Rupert Dickey | 3,307 | 48.86 | –6.18 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,769 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 6,769 | 70.33 | +4.46 | |||||
| Eligible voters/turnout | 9,624 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.86 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[4][5] | ||||||||
| 1900 Canadian federal election: Cumberland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hance James Logan | 3,742 | 52.80 | +1.66 | ||||
| Conservative | Charles Cahan | 3,345 | 47.20 | –1.66 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,087 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 7,087 | 79.71 | +9.38 | |||||
| Eligible voters/turnout | 8,891 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.66 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[6][7] | ||||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election: Cumberland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hance James Logan | 4,535 | 54.22 | +1.42 | ||||
| Conservative | T. Sherman Rogers | 3,829 | 45.78 | –1.42 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,364 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 8,364 | 78.68 | –1.03 | |||||
| Eligible voters/turnout | 10,631 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.42 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[8][9] | ||||||||
| 1917 Canadian federal election: Cumberland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Government (Unionist) | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | 6,655 | 54.94 | +3.11 | ||||
| Opposition | Hance James Logan | 5,459 | 45.06 | –3.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,114 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 12,114 | 78.57 | +3.35 | |||||
| Eligible voters/turnout | 15,419 | |||||||
| Government (Unionist) gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.11 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[10][11] | ||||||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election: Cumberland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hance James Logan | 9,762 | 56.55 | +11.49 | ||||
| Conservative | Charles Edward Bent | 4,407 | 25.53 | – | ||||
| Progressive | James Anderson Mackinnon | 3,094 | 17.92 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,263 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 17,263 | 71.83 | –6.74 | |||||
| Eligible voters/turnout | 24,033 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Government (Unionist) | Swing | +41.04 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[12][13] | ||||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election: Cumberland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Robert Knowlton Smith | 8,492 | 57.44 | +31.92 | ||||
| Liberal | Hance James Logan | 6,291 | 42.56 | –13.99 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,783 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 14,783 | 69.27 | –2.56 | |||||
| Eligible voters/turnout | 21,341 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +31.92 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[14][15] | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b c Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- ^ a b c Hance James Logan – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904
- ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Cumberland, Nova Scotia (1896)". lop.parl.ca.
- ^ Chapleau, Samuel E. St. O. (1896). Return on the Eighth General Election for the House of Commons of Canada (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer.
- ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Cumberland, Nova Scotia (1900)". lop.parl.ca.
- ^ LaMothe, H.G. (1901). Return of the Ninth General Election for the House of Commons of Canada, held on the 30th day of October, 1900, and the 7th day of November, 1900, by H. G. LaMothe, Esq., Clerk of the Crown in Chancery for Canada (Report). Ottawa: King's Printer.
- ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Cumberland, Nova Scotia (1904)". lop.parl.ca.
- ^ LaMothe, H.G. (1905). Return of the Tenth General Election for the House of Commons of Canada, held on the 27th day of October, 1904, and the 3rd day of November, 1904, followed by a Return of the By elections held during the Ninth Parliament (Report). Ottawa: King's Printer.
- ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Cumberland, Nova Scotia (1917)". lop.parl.ca.
- ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1920). Return of the Thirteenth General Election for the House of Commons of Canada, held on the 17th day of December 1917 (Report). Ottawa: King's Printer. hdl:2027/mdp.39015024873302.
- ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Cumberland, Nova Scotia (1921)". lop.parl.ca.
- ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1922). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Fourteenth General Election for the House of Commons of Canada, 1921 (Report). Ottawa: King's Printer.
- ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Cumberland, Nova Scotia (1925)". lop.parl.ca.
- ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1925). Fifteenth General Election, 1925: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/mdp.39015024873310.