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♂ Zachariah John Churchill
aliasZach Churchill
Record
11127 · 3999

Lebanese-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Nova Scotia
Opposition
 Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 25 May 1984
Age 39 years + 11 months
First mandate 22 June 2010 → 13 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 26 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Zachariah John Churchill (1984– )
© 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 13 10 8 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 64
LIB
 1 Party leader 38–39 09 Jul 2022 — 1 9 24
2. NS 64
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 38–39 09 Jul 2022 — 1 9 24

Electoral history

Races * 5  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ John Deveau  m 
 
 
Eligible: 13,361 Votes: 7,917 Participation: 59.25% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
22 June 2010
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 14200(F) — 16 Sep 2021 23:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
26
LIB
 1/6 3,986 50.67% +1,358 Loser:
PC
 2,628 33.41% Charles A. Crosby

Service: 3 years 3 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,289 Votes: 8,692 Participation: 65.41% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7257(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
29
LIB
 1/4 7,130 82.30% +5,897 Loser:
PC
 1,233 14.23% John Cunningham

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,862 Votes: 7,918 Participation: 57.12% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7857(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
LIB
 1/4 5,364 68.16% +3,357 Loser:
PC
 2,007 25.50% Mitch Bonnar

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,151 Votes: 7,747 Participation: 54.75% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35732(F) — 21 May 2022 15:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/4 4,344 56.32% +1,488 Loser:
PC
 2,856 37.03% Candice Clairmont

Service: 2 years 8 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Yarmouth
Post-dated race
Provincial
65		 Nova Scotia
15 July 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39846(P) — 13 Apr 2024 18:26 ET
✗
 Incumbent will likely be defeated → (Party leader)
Age
41
LIB
 2/4   42.91%   Winner:
PC

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Churchill, Zachariah John (p. 46)		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Zach Churchill		 13 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Zach Churchill		 13 Apr 2024

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