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♂ Murray K. Scott
aliasMurray K. Scott
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 0 5
Birth 18 January 1953
Age 71 years + 3 months
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 45 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 13 years + 7 months ago (8 September 2010)
Special notes
None
 
Murray K. Scott (1953– ) 200x212
© 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 12 5 11 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 58–59
PC
 1 Speaker 46–53 20 Aug 1999 — 12 Jun 2006 6 9 23

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 11,112 Votes: 8,077 Participation: 72.69% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1332(F) — 21 Nov 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
PC
 1/4 4,714 58.69% +2,561 Loser:
LIB
 2,153 26.81% Mike Uberoi

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,526 Votes: 7,513 Participation: 71.38% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1385(F) — 21 Nov 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/3 5,527 74.01% +4,527 Loser:
LIB
 1,000 13.39% John Harrison

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,303 Votes: 6,880 Participation: 73.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1280(F) — 21 Nov 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/3 4,898 71.69% +3,709 Loser:
LIB
 1,189 17.40% Harriet McCready

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,341 Votes: 6,644 Participation: 64.25% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 501(F) — 21 Nov 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/5 5,082 76.76% +4,329 Loser:
NDP
 753 11.37% Andrew Kernohan

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,075 Votes: 6,433 Participation: 63.85% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6137(F) — 21 Nov 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/4 4,334 67.66% +2,675 Loser:
NDP
 1,659 25.90% Don Tabor
After his election:
8 Sep 2010 57
PC
 →
Vac.
 To vacate the seat for someone else
Service: 1 year 2 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,874 Votes: 5,738 Participation: 58.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
26 October 2010
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 14201(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:59 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
PC
 3,262 57.20% James R. (Jamie) Baillie

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Scott, Murray Kenneth (p. 274)		 18 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Murray Scott		 18 Jan 2024

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