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♂ Richard Melbourne Hurlburt
aliasRichard Hurlburt
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
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Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Birth 25 April 1950
Age 74 years
First mandate 27 July 1999 → 24 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 14 years + 2 months ago (9 February 2010)
Special notes
None
 
Richard Melbourne Hurlburt (1950– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Hurlburt resigned from the Nova Scotia legislature in February 2010, following revelations that he had spent his constituency allowance on a generator and a 40-inch television (which together cost over $11,000), and sought sanctuary in Florida citing "severe depression." In July 2012, the Progressive Conservative, who had been the MLA for Yarmouth from 1999 until his resignation, was sentenced to 12 months of house arrest, followed by 12 months of probation.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 10 6 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ John Deveau  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 12,465 Votes: 9,292 Participation: 74.54% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1419(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
PC
 1/4 3,141 34.02% +62 Loser:
NDP
 3,079 33.34% John Deveau

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,797 Votes: 8,279 Participation: 70.18% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1315(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/3 4,656 56.48% +2,210 Loser:
LIB
 2,446 29.67% Phil DeMille

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,849 Votes: 8,060 Participation: 62.73% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 534(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/4 5,170 64.30% +3,503 Loser:
NDP
 1,667 20.73% John Deveau

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,197 Votes: 7,435 Participation: 56.34% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6172(F) — 9 Feb 2022 20:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/4 4,537 61.34% +2,841 Loser:
NDP
 1,696 22.93% David Olie
After his election:
9 Feb 2010 59
PC
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 8 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,361 Votes: 7,917 Participation: 59.25% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
22 June 2010
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 14200(F) — 16 Sep 2021 23:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 3,986 50.67% Zachariah J. Churchill

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Hurlburt, Richard Melbourne (p. 127)		 25 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Richard Hurlburt		 25 Apr 2024

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