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♂ H. David Wilson
aliasH. David Wilson
Record
65603 · 3996

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 0 5
Birth 4 November 1955
Age 68 years + 5 months
First mandate 27 July 1999 → 24 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 14 years + 1 month ago (11 March 2010)
Special notes
None
 
H. David Wilson (1955– ) 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 10 5 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Cecil Saccary  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 12,650 Votes: 9,322 Participation: 73.69% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1373(F) — 9 Feb 2022 08:01 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 1/4 3,704 40.12% +5 Loser:
NDP
 3,699 40.06% Cecil Saccary
After his election:
25 Jan 2000 44
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 5 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,805 Votes: 9,324 Participation: 72.82% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
4 April 2000
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14202(F) — 9 Feb 2022 08:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 4,017 43.33% +408 Loser:
NDP
 3,609 38.93% Cecil Saccary

Service: 3 years 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,856 Votes: 8,162 Participation: 63.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1286(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 4,420 54.48% +2,078 Loser:
NDP
 2,342 28.87% Vince Hall

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,347 Votes: 7,751 Participation: 62.78% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 507(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 3,327 43.08% +1,093 Loser:
NDP
 2,234 28.93% Myrtle Campbell

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,993 Votes: 7,133 Participation: 54.90% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6143(F) — 9 Feb 2022 20:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 3,380 47.60% +551 Loser:
NDP
 2,829 39.84% Myrtle Campbell
After his election:
11 Mar 2010 54
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,947 Votes: 7,234 Participation: 55.87% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
22 June 2010
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 14199(F) — 30 Jul 2023 15:54 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 3,901 54.27% Geoffrey C. MacLellan

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Wilson, Harold David (p. 308)		 21 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Dave Wilson (Cape Breton politician)		 21 Nov 2023

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