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♂ Howard Russell MacEwan
aliasRussell MacEwan
Record
37790 · 77

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 8 May 1925 → 99 years + 1 month ago
Lived 83 years + 1 month
First mandate 10 June 1957 → 67 years + 6 days ago
↳ at age 32 years + 1 month
Death 29 June 2008 → 15 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 5 months after 14 January 1971
Special notes
None
 
Howard Russell MacEwan (1925–2008)
© Photo 1968 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 13 6 30

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Henry B. McCulloch  m 
 
 
Eligible: 25,685 Votes: 22,523 Participation: 87.69% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Nova Scotia
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24032(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
PC
 1/4 12,208 54.52% +2,957 Loser:
LIB
 9,251 41.32% Henry B. McCulloch

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,685 Votes: 22,529 Participation: 87.71% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Nova Scotia
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24298(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
PC
 1/2 13,618 60.45% +4,707 Loser:
LIB
 8,911 39.55% Alex MacIntosh

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,999 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Nova Scotia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24575(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
PC
 1/4 10,837 49.26% +1,684 Loser:
LIB
 9,153 41.61% James M. Cameron

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,721 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Nova Scotia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24839(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
PC
 1/4 10,566 50.99% +1,719 Loser:
LIB
 8,847 42.70% James M. Cameron

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,366 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Nova Scotia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25108(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/3 11,289 52.84% +2,780 Loser:
LIB
 8,509 39.82% Alistair Fraser

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 28,549 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9948(F) — 29 Jan 2022 14:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/3 16,720 58.57% +7,221 Loser:
LIB
 9,499 33.27% Donald F. Stewart
After his election:
14 Jan 1971 45
PC
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 years 6 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,213 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Nova Scotia
31 May 1971
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10907(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
PC
 15,359 52.58% Elmer M. MacKay

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Howard Russell MacEwan, Q.C., M.P.		  8 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Howard Russell MacEwan, c.r., député		  8 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Russell MacEwan		  8 Jun 2024

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