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♂ Donald G. MacLeod
aliasDonald G. MacLeod
Record
38322 · 3947

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 0 3
Birth 10 October 1938 → 85 years + 6 months ago
Lived 76 years + 8 months
First mandate 2 December 1980 → 43 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 1 month
Death 22 June 2015 → 8 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 9 months after 5 September 1988
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 9 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Reeves Matheson  m 
 
 
Eligible: 14,282 Votes: 10,542 Participation: 73.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
2 December 1980
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14206(F) — 1 Apr 2022 23:19 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
PC
 1/4 4,505 42.88% +1,509 Loser:
NDP
 2,996 28.52% Reeves Matheson

Service: 10 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,391 Votes: 10,453 Participation: 72.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1582(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PC
 1/4 4,699 45.55% +1,646 Loser:
LIB
 3,053 29.59% Shelly McNeil

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,894 Votes: 10,696 Participation: 71.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1530(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/4 4,787 44.97% +1,208 Loser:
LIB
 3,579 33.62% Cha Keliher

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,280 Votes: 11,428 Participation: 80.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1477(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
LIB
 5,739 50.60% John D. MacEachern

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacLeod, Donald Gardner (p. 145)		 27 Aug 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
MacLeod, Donald Gardner (p. 178)		 27 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donnie MacLeod		 27 Aug 2023

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