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♂ Reeves Matheson
aliasReeves Matheson
Record
40059 · 4006

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth c. 1951
Age ± 73 years
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age ± 47 years
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 9 months ago (26 July 1999)
Special notes
None
 

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 1 4 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Donald G. MacLeod  m 
 
 
Eligible: 14,282 Votes: 10,542 Participation: 73.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
2 December 1980
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14206(F) — 1 Apr 2022 23:19 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±29
NDP
 2/4 2,996 28.52% -1,509 Winner:
PC
 4,505 42.88% Donald G. MacLeod
Eligible: 13,555 Votes: 9,616 Participation: 70.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1321(F) — 12 Jul 2023 09:33 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±47
NDP
 1/3 5,002 52.59% +2,143 Loser:
LIB
 2,859 30.06% Clarence Routledge
After his election:
13 May 1998 ±47
NDP
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±48		 Successor:
LIB
 3,704 40.12% H. David Wilson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Matheson, Reeves (p. 208)		 28 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Reeves Matheson		 28 Aug 2023

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