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♀ A. Eileen O'Connell
aliasA. Eileen O'Connell
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 3 6
Birth 5 July 1947 → 76 years + 9 months ago
Lived 53 years + 2 months
First mandate 4 June 1996 → 27 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 10 months
Death 27 September 2000 → 23 years + 7 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

A. Eileen O'Connell (1947–2000)
No photo available
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 4 3 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Jay F. Abbass  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John F. Godfrey  m 
 		 ⊕ Arthur R. Donahoe  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 13,102 Votes: 9,094 Participation: 69.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1551(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
37
NDP
 2/3 2,864 31.68% -788 Winner:
PC
 3,652 40.40% Arthur R. Donahoe
Eligible: 12,477 Votes: 9,426 Participation: 75.55% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1500(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
41
NDP
 2/4 3,057 32.70% -226 Winner:
PC
 3,283 35.11% Arthur R. Donahoe
Eligible: 13,989 Votes: 10,802 Participation: 77.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1447(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
NDP
 2/4 3,800 35.43% -106 Winner:
LIB
 3,906 36.42% Jay F. Abbass
Eligible: 13,315 Votes: 6,852 Participation: 51.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
4 June 1996
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14218(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
NDP
 1/3 4,434 65.24% +3,184 Loser:
PC
 1,250 18.39% Rosanna Liberatore

Service: 1 year 9 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,794 Votes: 8,701 Participation: 63.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1344(F) — 21 May 2022 14:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
NDP
 1/3 4,649 53.76% +2,052 Loser:
LIB
 2,597 30.03% Bob Britton

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,302 Votes: 7,874 Participation: 59.19% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1397(F) — 9 Feb 2022 08:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
NDP
 1/4 3,615 46.23% +1,498 Loser:
PC
 2,117 27.08% Narayana Swamy
After her election:
27 Sep 2000 53
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 2 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,064 Votes: 3,724 Participation: 28.51% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
6 March 2001
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14205(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
53		 Successor:
NDP
 2,164 58.17% Graham J. Steele

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
O'Connell, Ann Eileen (p. 217)		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Eileen O'Connell (politician)		 03 Feb 2024

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