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♂ Martin J. Kaufman
aliasMartin J. Kaufman
Record
30979 · 10271

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Birth c. 1883 → 141 years ago
Lived ± 78 years
First mandate 23 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 62 years
Death 30 May 1961 → 62 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 5 days after 25 May 1953
Special notes
None
 

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 7 7 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Kenneth J. Cochrane  m 
⊖ Archie B. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ James A. Langille  m 
 
Eligible: 24,751 Votes: 30,267 Participation: 61.14% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
43		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1945
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18217(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±62
LIB
 2/6 6,540 43.33% +269 Loser:
PC
 6,271 41.55% Archie B. Smith

Service: 3 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,692 Votes: 8,672 Participation: 81.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18243(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±66
LIB
 1/3 4,280 49.79% +661 Loser:
PC
 3,619 42.10% Arnold G. McLellan

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,385 Votes: 8,683 Participation: 83.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18280(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±70
LIB
 2/2 4,214 48.96% -179 Winner:
PC
 4,393 51.04% James A. Langille

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Kaufman, Martin James (p. 106)		 18 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Martin J. Kaufman		 18 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Aug 2023 22:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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