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♂ H. David Wilson
aliasH. David Wilson
Record
65603 · 3996

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 0 5
Birth 4 November 1955
Age 68 years + 6 months
First mandate 27 July 1999 → 24 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 14 years + 2 months ago (11 March 2010)
Special notes
None
 
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© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
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 10 5 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Cecil Saccary  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 12,650 Votes: 9,322 Participation: 73.69% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1373(F) — 9 Feb 2022 08:01 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 1/4 3,704 40.12% +5 Loser:
NDP
 3,699 40.06% Cecil Saccary
After his election:
25 Jan 2000 44
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 5 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,805 Votes: 9,324 Participation: 72.82% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
4 April 2000
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14202(F) — 9 Feb 2022 08:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 4,017 43.33% +408 Loser:
NDP
 3,609 38.93% Cecil Saccary

Service: 3 years 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,856 Votes: 8,162 Participation: 63.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1286(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 4,420 54.48% +2,078 Loser:
NDP
 2,342 28.87% Vince Hall

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,347 Votes: 7,751 Participation: 62.78% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 507(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 3,327 43.08% +1,093 Loser:
NDP
 2,234 28.93% Myrtle Campbell

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,993 Votes: 7,133 Participation: 54.90% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6143(F) — 9 Feb 2022 20:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 3,380 47.60% +551 Loser:
NDP
 2,829 39.84% Myrtle Campbell
After his election:
11 Mar 2010 54
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,947 Votes: 7,234 Participation: 55.87% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
22 June 2010
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 14199(F) — 30 Jul 2023 15:54 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 3,901 54.27% Geoffrey C. MacLellan

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Wilson, Harold David (p. 308)		 21 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Dave Wilson (Cape Breton politician)		 21 Nov 2023

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