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♂ James D. DeWolfe
aliasJim DeWolfe
Record
15891 · 4063

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 0 3
Birth 14 May 1949
Age 75 years
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 48 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 17 years + 11 months ago (12 June 2006)
Special notes
None
 

James D. DeWolfe (1949– )
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 8 2 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Wayne Fraser  m 
 
 
Eligible: 11,616 Votes: 8,364 Participation: 72.00% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1356(F) — 21 May 2022 14:26 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
PC
 1/3 3,816 45.83% +1,514 Loser:
NDP
 2,302 27.65% David MacKenzie

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,280 Votes: 8,203 Participation: 72.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1408(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/3 4,478 54.94% +2,090 Loser:
NDP
 2,388 29.30% Andy Thompson

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,140 Votes: 7,492 Participation: 73.89% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1304(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/3 3,295 44.15% +1,056 Loser:
LIB
 2,239 30.00% John Fraser

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,694 Votes: 7,541 Participation: 64.49% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 523(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
NDP
 2,761 36.73% Clarence F. MacKinnon

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
DeWolfe, James Douglas (p. 72)		 14 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
James DeWolfe		 14 May 2024

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