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♂ John Floyd Tucker
aliasFloyd Tucker
Record
62155 · 4095

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 24 October 1940
Age 83 years + 7 months
First mandate 2 April 1974 → 50 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 45 years + 8 months ago (18 September 1978)
Special notes
None
 

John Floyd Tucker (1940– )
No image available
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 4 5 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ William L. Campbell  m 
⊕ Melinda MacLean  f 
 		 ⊖ Ronald C. Giffin  m 
⊖ Gerald Ritcey  m 
 
Eligible: 25,582 Votes: 36,921 Participation: 72.16% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8554(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LIB
 2/7 8,662 47.10% +688 Loser:
PC
 7,974 43.36% Ronald C. Giffin

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,204 Votes: 7,007 Participation: 76.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4800(F) — 31 Jul 2023 17:17 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
37
LIB
 2/3 3,023 43.30% -424 Winner:
PC
 3,447 49.37% William L. Campbell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Tucker, John Floyd (p. 219)		 12 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Floyd Tucker		 12 Jun 2024

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