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♂ James A. Muir
aliasJames A. Muir
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Birth 2 February 1941
Age 83 years + 3 months
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 57 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 14 years + 11 months ago (8 June 2009)
Special notes
None
 
James A. Muir (1941– )
© Photo Nova Scotia Teachers’ College — Public domain
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 11 2 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Ronald Chisholm  m 
 		 ⊕ Eleanor E.T. Norrie  f 
 
Eligible: 14,468 Votes: 9,185 Participation: 63.48% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1364(F) — 21 May 2022 14:32 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
PC
 1/3 3,852 42.03% +1,100 Loser:
NDP
 2,752 30.03% Ibel Scammell

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,707 Votes: 8,911 Participation: 65.01% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1417(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 4,747 53.58% +2,248 Loser:
NDP
 2,499 28.21% Ibel Scammell

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,401 Votes: 8,239 Participation: 57.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1312(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/3 3,862 47.11% +1,548 Loser:
NDP
 2,314 28.23% Jim Harpell

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,843 Votes: 7,876 Participation: 53.06% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 531(F) — 21 Apr 2024 17:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PC
 1/4 3,711 47.27% +1,463 Loser:
NDP
 2,248 28.64% Jim Harpell

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,647 Votes: 8,447 Participation: 53.98% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6169(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
68		 Successor:
NDP
 4,070 48.37% Lenore E. Zann

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Muir, James Alexander (p. 229)		  2 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jamie Muir (politician)		  2 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Feb 2024 20:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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