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♀ Coline M. Campbell
aliasColine Campbell
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
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Canada 3 2 5
Birth 26 September 1940
Age 83 years + 7 months
First mandate 8 July 1974 → 49 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 6 months ago (24 October 1993)
Special notes
None
 
Coline M. Campbell (1940– )
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Upon becoming the Liberal MP in South Western Nova in the 1974 general election, Campbell was the first woman from Nova Scotia elected to the Canadian Parliament. She would alternately win and lose subsequent elections until her last one in 1988, which she won.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 14 3 30

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Gerald J. Comeau  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Charles E. Haliburton  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 38,274 Votes: 30,681 Participation: 80.16% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Nova Scotia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10474(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
33
LIB
 1/4 15,066 49.11% +1,225 Loser:
PC
 13,841 45.11% Charles E. Haliburton

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,904 Votes: 37,127 Participation: 75.92% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Nova Scotia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4409(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
38
LIB
 2/3 16,398 44.17% -114 Winner:
PC
 16,512 44.47% Charles E. Haliburton
Eligible: 48,904 Votes: 38,665 Participation: 79.06% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 Nova Scotia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4127(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
39
LIB
 1/4 19,151 49.82% +5,000 Loser:
PC
 14,151 36.81% Charles E. Haliburton

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,244 Votes: 40,936 Participation: 79.88% Candidacies: 3
Federal
33		 Nova Scotia
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3841(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LIB
 2/3 17,044 41.85% -3,560 Winner:
PC
 20,604 50.59% Gerald J. Comeau
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,112 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Nova Scotia
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3546(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
48
LIB
 1/4 21,062 50.01% +3,580 Loser:
PC
 17,482 41.51% Gerald J. Comeau

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 54,571 Votes: 38,550 Participation: 70.64% Candidacies: 5
Federal
35		 Nova Scotia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3247(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
LIB
 20,745 54.77% Harry J. Verran

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Coline M. Campbell, M.P.		 23 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Coline M. Campbell, députée		 23 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Coline Campbell		 23 Apr 2024

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