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♀ Yvonne Atwell
aliasYvonne Atwell
Record
1825 · 4239

☆   Black Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Birth 1 January 1943
Age 81 years + 4 months
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 55 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 9 months ago (26 July 1999)
Special notes
None
 
Yvonne Atwell (1943– )
© Photo Women Social Activists of Atlantic Canada — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Atwell was the first black woman elected to the Nova Scotia legislature.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 1 4 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ F. Wayne Adams  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ David A. Hendsbee  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 5,910 Votes: 4,886 Participation: 82.67% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1462(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
50
NDP
 4/4 584 12.03% -1,288 Winner:
LIB
 1,872 38.57% F. Wayne Adams
Eligible: 6,281 Votes: 4,156 Participation: 66.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1358(F) — 21 May 2022 14:27 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
NDP
 1/3 1,777 42.99% +229 Loser:
LIB
 1,548 37.45% F. Wayne Adams

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,169 Votes: 3,854 Participation: 62.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1410(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
NDP
 2/3 1,496 39.32% -304 Winner:
PC
 1,800 47.31% David A. Hendsbee

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Atwell, Yvonne (p. 7)		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Yvonne Atwell		 03 Feb 2024

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