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♂ John Frederick Hamm
aliasJohn Hamm
Record
25675 · 4005

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Birth 8 April 1938
Age 86 years
First mandate 25 May 1993 → 30 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 17 years + 10 months ago (12 June 2006)
Special notes
None
 
John Frederick Hamm (1938– )
© Photo 2003 CMRYAN2003 — Public domain
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 13 0 14 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 56
PC
 1 Party leader 57–67 30 Oct 1995 — 23 Feb 2006 10 3 24
2. NS 56
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 57–59 30 Oct 1995 — 23 Mar 1998 2 4 23
3. NS 58–59
PC
 1 Premier 61–67 27 Jul 1999 — 23 Feb 2006 6 6 27

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Roseanne M. Skoke  f 
 
 
Eligible: 13,382 Votes: 10,276 Participation: 76.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1459(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
PC
 1/3 4,840 47.40% +476 Loser:
LIB
 4,364 42.73% Mary Daley

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,842 Votes: 8,983 Participation: 69.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1355(F) — 21 May 2022 14:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
59
PC
 1/3 5,037 56.42% +2,923 Loser:
LIB
 2,114 23.68% Roseanne M. Skoke

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,635 Votes: 8,532 Participation: 67.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1407(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
61
PC
 1/3 5,479 64.46% +3,629 Loser:
NDP
 1,850 21.76% Jeff Callaghan

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,198 Votes: 7,834 Participation: 64.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1303(F) — 9 Feb 2022 12:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
65
PC
 1/4 4,262 54.70% +2,473 Loser:
LIB
 1,789 22.96% Tim Daley

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,553 Votes: 7,452 Participation: 59.36% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 522(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
68		 Successor:
PC
 3,901 52.54% Patrick R. Dunn

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
John Hamm		 08 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
John Hamm		 08 Apr 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Hamm, John Frederick (p. 112)		 08 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Hamm		 08 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
John Hamm		 08 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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