Samuel Rosborough Balcom

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.

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Robert McCleave	41,140	25.32		Y
	Progressive Conservative	Edmund L. Morris	41,099	25.29	+3.94	Y
	Liberal	Samuel Rosborough Balcom	38,504	23.70	-3.83
	Liberal	John Horace Dickey	38,191	23.51	-4.32
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hyacinth Lawrence MacIntosh	1,984	1.22	-0.98
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lloyd Carman Wilson	1,562	0.96	-0.74
Total valid votes			162,480	99.64
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			590	0.36	+0.00
Turnout				≥75.21	+11.68
Eligible voters			108,414
	Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.00

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Liberal	John Horace Dickey	34,587	27.82	+0.05	Y
	Liberal	Samuel Rosborough Balcom	34,222	27.53	*	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Edmund L. Morris	26,552	21.36
	Progressive Conservative	Frederick William Bissett	24,112	19.39	+3.39
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hyacinth Lawrence MacIntosh	2,731	2.20	-3.09
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lloyd Carman Wilson	2,120	1.71
Total valid votes			124,324	99.64
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			449	0.36	+0.07
Turnout				≥63.52	+0.64
Eligible voters			98,208
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		-5.39

^ Individual swings calculated from 1949 election. Party swing calculated from 1950 by-election.

Canadian federal by-election, 19 June 1950
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Samuel Rosborough Balcom	24,665	57.07	Y
	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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