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♂ Gordon E. Romkey
aliasGordon E. Romkey
Record
53642 · 10287

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 6 1 7
Birth 13 May 1885 → 138 years + 11 months ago
Lived 92 years + 3 months
First mandate 1 October 1928 → 95 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 4 months
Death 3 September 1977 → 46 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 3 months after 25 May 1953
Special notes
None
 
Gordon E. Romkey (1885–1977) 200x217
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — 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 24 7 18 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 41–44
LIB
 1 Speaker 54–68 05 Mar 1940 — 25 May 1953 13 2 20

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Frank R. Davis  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ R. Clifford Levy  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ William H. Smith  m 
⊖ Arthur L. Thurlow  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ J. James Kinley  m 
⊖ Wallace N. Rehfuss  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Harley J. Spence  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,081 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18111(F) — 7 Feb 2022 21:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 2/4 6,304 52.35% +595 Loser:
LC
 5,709 47.41% William H. Smith

Service: 4 years 10 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,320 Votes: 30,999 Participation: 80.23% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1933
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18131(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/4 8,799 56.84% +1,750 Loser:
LC
 7,049 45.53% Melbourne M. Gardner

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,440 Votes: 28,621 Participation: 70.01% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
41		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1937
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18166(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 2/4 7,796 54.61% +1,382 Loser:
LC
 6,414 44.93% Vernon L. Pearson

Service: 4 years 4 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,054 Votes: 21,708 Participation: 51.55% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
42		 Nova Scotia
28 October 1941
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18200(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 2/4 6,288 58.06% +1,687 Loser:
LC
 4,601 42.48% R. Clifford Levy

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,583 Votes: 25,191 Participation: 58.36% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
43		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1945
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18228(F) — 8 Feb 2022 10:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 2/4 6,839 54.30% +985 Loser:
PC
 5,854 46.48% R. Clifford Levy

Service: 3 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,724 Votes: 30,482 Participation: 70.17% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18254(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/6 7,814 51.38% +879 Loser:
PC
 6,935 45.60% R. Clifford Levy

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,464 Votes: 32,288 Participation: 75.21% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18293(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
LIB
 3/6 7,381 45.80% -1,346 Winner:
PC
 8,727 54.15% R. Clifford Levy

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Romkey, Gordon Emerson (p. 190)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Gordon E. Romkey		 23 Dec 2023

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