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♂ Bruce Holland
aliasBruce Holland
Record
27934 · 4222

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 1 3 4
Total 1 4 5
Birth c. 1959
Age ± 65 years
First mandate 25 May 1993 → 30 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 34 years
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 1 month ago (23 March 1998)
Special notes
None
 
Bruce Holland (c.1959– )
© Photo Bruce Holland via SaltWire — 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 4 9 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊕ William I. Estabrooks  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ Brendan Maguire  m 
 		 ⊕ Andy Fillmore  m 
⊕ Jo-Ann Roberts  f 
 
Eligible: 11,765 Votes: 9,032 Participation: 76.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1468(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±34
LIB
 1/3 3,470 38.62% +698 Loser:
NDP
 2,772 30.85% William I. Estabrooks

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,877 Votes: 9,961 Participation: 71.78% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1363(F) — 21 May 2022 14:30 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±39
LIB
 2/3 3,308 33.34% -1,454 Winner:
NDP
 4,762 47.99% William I. Estabrooks
Eligible: 13,141 Votes: 8,438 Participation: 64.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1311(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±44
LIB
 2/3 1,829 21.74% -3,220 Winner:
NDP
 5,049 60.01% William I. Estabrooks
Eligible: 15,250 Votes: 7,629 Participation: 50.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7830(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±58
PC
 3/4 1,300 17.10% -2,919 Winner:
LIB
 4,219 55.48% Brendan O. Maguire
Eligible: 76,843 Votes: 56,113 Participation: 73.02% Candidacies: 6
Federal
43		 Nova Scotia
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26891(F) — 22 Sep 2021 08:00 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±60
CPC
 4/6 6,456 11.58% -17,225 Winner:
LIB
 23,681 42.48% P. Alexander (Andy) Fillmore

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Holland, Bruce (p. 121)		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bruce Holland		 11 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Feb 2024 16:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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