Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Kenneth Streatch

♂ Kenneth Streatch
aliasKenneth Streatch
Record
59386 · 4159

United Church   ∞3
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Nova Scotia 5 0 5
Total 5 2 7
Birth 27 January 1942
Age 82 years + 3 months
First mandate 19 September 1978 → 45 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 8 months ago (14 September 1993)
Special notes
None
 

Kenneth Streatch (1942– )
No image available
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ Gerald G. Keddy (1953–) Son-in-law  
⊕ Judy Streatch (1966–) Daughter  
⊕ Steve Streatch Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 14 11 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Geoff Regan  m 
⊕ Peter A. Stoffer  m 
 		 ⊕ Roseanne M. Skoke  f 
 
Eligible: 10,694 Votes: 8,460 Participation: 79.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4791(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
PC
 1/3 4,951 58.93% +2,208 Loser:
LIB
 2,743 32.65% Jim MacLean

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,822 Votes: 8,575 Participation: 72.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1580(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/3 4,929 57.62% +2,683 Loser:
LIB
 2,246 26.26% Dwight Isenor

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,531 Votes: 8,273 Participation: 61.14% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1528(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PC
 1/4 4,953 59.98% +3,198 Loser:
LIB
 1,755 21.25% John M. Dillion

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,196 Votes: 11,184 Participation: 73.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1475(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/3 5,740 51.49% +1,937 Loser:
LIB
 3,803 34.12% Geoff P. Regan

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,173 Votes: 9,281 Participation: 76.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1434(F) — 8 Feb 2022 21:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 4,221 45.74% +758 Loser:
LIB
 3,463 37.52% John Tilley
After his election:
14 Sep 1993 51
PC
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 3 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 55,369 Votes: 37,894 Participation: 68.44% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Nova Scotia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3243(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
51
PC
 2/6 12,074 32.18% -4,255 Winner:
LIB
 16,329 43.52% Roseanne M. Skoke
Eligible: 12,322 Votes: 5,884 Participation: 47.75% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
2 November 1993
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14281(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
PC
 2,703 46.08% Brooke D. Taylor
Eligible: 61,744 Votes: 41,103 Participation: 66.57% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Nova Scotia
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2943(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
55
PC
 2/5 12,392 30.27% -41 Winner:
NDP
 12,433 30.37% Peter A. Stoffer

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Streatch, Kenneth (p. 211)		 27 Jan 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Streatch, Kenneth (pp. 263-264)		 27 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ken Streatch		 27 Jan 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Jan 2024 10:39 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.