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♂ Donald W. Cameron
aliasDonald W. Cameron
Record
8928 · 3630

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 6 0 6
Birth 20 May 1946 → 77 years + 11 months ago
Lived 74 years + 11 months
First mandate 2 April 1974 → 50 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 27 years + 10 months
Death 3 May 2021 → 2 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 11 months after 26 May 1993
Special notes
None
 
Donald W. Cameron (1946–2021) 200x263
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 19 1 18 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 55
PC
 1 Party leader 44–47 26 Feb 1991 — 26 May 1993 2 3 0
2. NS 55
PC
 1 Premier 44–47 26 Feb 1991 — 24 May 1993 2 2 28

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Larry M. Duchesne  m 
 		 ⊕ Wayne Fraser  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 8,219 Votes: 7,041 Participation: 85.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8584(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
PC
 1/3 3,217 45.98% +272 Loser:
LIB
 2,945 42.09% Lester MacLean

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,166 Votes: 7,355 Participation: 80.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4830(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
PC
 1/3 4,315 58.96% +1,951 Loser:
LIB
 2,364 32.30% W.G. (Bill) Munro

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,460 Votes: 7,168 Participation: 75.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1619(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
PC
 1/3 4,347 60.88% +2,514 Loser:
LIB
 1,833 25.67% Harold Lowe

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,036 Votes: 6,882 Participation: 68.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1567(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/3 4,367 63.75% +2,613 Loser:
LIB
 1,754 25.61% Scott Johnston

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,228 Votes: 8,062 Participation: 78.82% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1512(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PC
 1/3 3,996 49.84% +753 Loser:
LIB
 3,243 40.45% Wayne Fraser

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,657 Votes: 9,484 Participation: 81.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1460(F) — 8 Feb 2022 21:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
47
PC
 1/3 4,446 47.05% +717 Loser:
LIB
 3,729 39.46% Wayne Fraser
After his election:
26 May 1993 47
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,721 Votes: 7,431 Participation: 63.40% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
3 August 1993
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14280(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
LIB
 4,417 59.60% Wayne Fraser

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Cameron, Donald William (p. 28)		 23 Dec 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Cameron, Donald William (p. 33)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald Cameron (Nova Scotia premier)		 23 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Donald William Cameron		 23 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Dec 2023 09:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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