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♀ Melinda J. MacLean
aliasMelinda J. MacLean
Record
38267 · 3990

United Church   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth 19 January 1946
Age 78 years + 3 months
First mandate 2 April 1974 → 50 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 28 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 45 years + 7 months ago (18 September 1978)
Special notes
None
 

No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Robert F. McLellan (1914–1988) Father  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 4 5 16 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Ronald C. Giffin  m 
⊕ J. Floyd Tucker  m 
 		 ⊖ Gerald C. Ritcey  m 
 
Eligible: 25,582 Votes: 36,921 Participation: 72.16% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8554(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
28
LIB
 1/7 9,514 51.74% +1,540 Loser:
PC
 7,974 43.36% Ronald C. Giffin

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,379 Votes: 5,782 Participation: 78.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4801(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
32		 Successor:
PC
 3,230 56.28% R. Colin D. Stewart

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacLean, Melinda Jane (McLellan), (p. 142)		 19 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Melinda MacLean		 19 Jan 2024

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