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♂ Vincent James MacLean
aliasVince MacLean
Record
38283 · 4061

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 5 1 6
Total 5 2 7
Birth 8 December 1944
Age 79 years + 10 months
1st mandate 2 April 1974 → 50 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 3 months
 
Mandate end 31 years + 5 months ago (24 May 1993)
Special notes
None
 
Vincent James MacLean (1944– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair use
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 19 1 17 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 51
LIB
 1 Speaker 29–31 23 May 1974 — 27 Oct 1976 2 5 4
2. NS 54
LIB
 1 ✓ Party leader 40–41 10 Jan 1985 — 14 Dec 1985 0 11 4
3. NS 54
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 40–41 10 Jan 1985 — 14 Dec 1985 0 11 4
4. NS 54
LIB
 2 Party leader 41–47 15 Mar 1986 — 19 Sep 1992 6 6 4
5. NS 54–55
LIB
 2 Opposition Leader 41–47 15 Mar 1986 — 19 Sep 1992 6 6 4

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
4 documented challengers
⊖ John Burke  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Donald MacNeil  m 
 		 ⊕ Cecil Clarke  m 
⊕ Peter Mancini  m 
 
Cape Breton South
Elig. 14,652 Votes: 11,881 Partic.: 81.09%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8596(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
25
LIB
 2/3 5,034 42.66% -200 Winner:
PC
 5,234 44.36% John F. Burke
Cape Breton South
Elig. 15,798 Votes: 12,842 Partic.: 81.29%
 !!! 
 Can.: 4
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8550(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
LIB
 1/4 6,487 50.87% +2,766 Loser:
PC
 3,721 29.18% John F. Burke

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Cape Breton South
Elig. 14,956 Votes: 11,832 Partic.: 79.11%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4796(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
LIB
 1/3 7,041 59.84% +4,280 Loser:
PC
 2,761 23.46% Donald C. MacNeil

Service: 3 years 16 days (Oppo.)
Cape Breton South
Elig. 15,393 Votes: 11,972 Partic.: 77.78%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1585(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/3 6,633 55.78% +2,809 Loser:
PC
 3,824 32.16% Murray Hannem

Service: 3 years 30 days (Oppo.)
Cape Breton South
Elig. 16,086 Votes: 12,054 Partic.: 74.93%
 !!! 
 Can.: 4
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1533(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/4 5,961 49.63% +912 Loser:
PC
 5,049 42.04% Murdock Smith

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Cape Breton South
Elig. 15,582 Votes: 12,528 Partic.: 80.40%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1480(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 7,820 62.76% +4,359 Loser:
PC
 3,461 27.78% Murdock Smith

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Cape Breton South
Elig. 13,138 Votes: 9,842 Partic.: 74.91%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1428(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 5,629 57.52% W. Manning MacDonald
Sydney—Victoria
Elig. 59,663 Votes: 44,344 Partic.: 74.32%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Federal
36		 Nova Scotia
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2945(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
52
LIB
 2/3 11,569 26.33% -10,886 Winner:
NDP
 22,455 51.10% D. Peter Mancini

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacLean, Vincent James (p. 142)		  8 Jun 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
MacLean, Vincent James (p. 187)		  8 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Vince MacLean		  8 Jun 2024

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