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♂ Murray K. Scott
aliasMurray K. Scott
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 0 5
Birth 18 January 1953
Age 71 years + 3 months
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 45 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 13 years + 8 months ago (8 September 2010)
Special notes
None
 
Murray K. Scott (1953– ) 200x212
© 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 12 5 11 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 58–59
PC
 1 Speaker 46–53 20 Aug 1999 — 12 Jun 2006 6 9 23

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 11,112 Votes: 8,077 Participation: 72.69% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1332(F) — 21 Nov 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
PC
 1/4 4,714 58.69% +2,561 Loser:
LIB
 2,153 26.81% Mike Uberoi

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,526 Votes: 7,513 Participation: 71.38% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1385(F) — 21 Nov 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/3 5,527 74.01% +4,527 Loser:
LIB
 1,000 13.39% John Harrison

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,303 Votes: 6,880 Participation: 73.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1280(F) — 21 Nov 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/3 4,898 71.69% +3,709 Loser:
LIB
 1,189 17.40% Harriet McCready

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,341 Votes: 6,644 Participation: 64.25% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 501(F) — 21 Nov 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/5 5,082 76.76% +4,329 Loser:
NDP
 753 11.37% Andrew Kernohan

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,075 Votes: 6,433 Participation: 63.85% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6137(F) — 21 Nov 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/4 4,334 67.66% +2,675 Loser:
NDP
 1,659 25.90% Don Tabor
After his election:
8 Sep 2010 57
PC
 →
Vac.
 To vacate the seat for someone else
Service: 1 year 2 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,874 Votes: 5,738 Participation: 58.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
26 October 2010
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 14201(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:59 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
PC
 3,262 57.20% James R. (Jamie) Baillie

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Scott, Murray Kenneth (p. 274)		 18 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Murray Scott		 18 Jan 2024

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