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♂ Russell Cunningham
aliasRussell Cunningham
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 29 December 1905 → 118 years + 3 months ago
Lived 79 years + 2 months
First mandate 23 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 9 months
Death 6 March 1985 → 39 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 4 months after 29 October 1956
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 11 0 4 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 43
CCF
 1 Opposition Leader 39–43 23 Oct 1945 — 08 Jun 1949 3 7 16
2. NS 43–44
CCF
 1 Party leader 39–47 24 Oct 1945 — 31 Aug 1953 7 10 7

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ N. Layton Fergusson  m 
 
 
Eligible: 13,795 Votes: 9,117 Participation: 66.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
43		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18212(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
CCF
 1/3 5,332 58.90% +2,613 Loser:
LIB
 2,719 30.03% Gus McGillivray

Service: 3 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,570 Votes: 10,560 Participation: 77.82% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18238(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
43
CCF
 1/3 4,543 43.41% +714 Loser:
LIB
 3,829 36.59% Charles R. MacDonald

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,348 Votes: 10,490 Participation: 78.59% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18273(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
47
CCF
 1/3 5,096 49.07% +1,162 Loser:
LIB
 3,934 37.88% Joseph McIntyre

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,614 Votes: 10,371 Participation: 82.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18308(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
CCF
 3/3 2,864 27.95% -1,460 Winner:
PC
 4,324 42.20% N. Layton Fergusson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Cunningham, Russell (p. 45)		 03 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Russell Cunningham (Canadian politician)		 03 Aug 2023

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Rev.:  3 Aug 2023 20:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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