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♂ Jeremy Bernard Akerman
aliasJeremy Bernard Akerman
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 3 2 5
Total 3 3 6
Birth 28 May 1942
Age 81 years + 11 months
First mandate 13 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 28 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 43 years + 11 months ago (18 May 1980)
Special notes
None
 
Jeremy Bernard Akerman (1942– )
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Born in the UK and coming to Canada in 1964, Akerman became the leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party in September 1968, at the age of 26. Respected by members of all political parties and considered one of the ablest debaters in the assembly, he served in that position for 12 years. He then worked in the Nova Scotia public service for a decade before resuming his career as an actor and portrait and landscape painter. He attempted a political comeback in the March 2001 by-election in Halifax Fairview, held to replace the NDP member, Eileen O'Connell, who had died the previous September, but this time as a Liberal. He was defeated by the NDP candidate and future finance minister, Graham Steele.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 9 7 2 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 49–52
NDP
 1 Party leader 26–37 15 Sep 1968 — 19 May 1980 11 8 4

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
5 documented challengers
⊖ N. Layton Fergusson  m 
⊖ Edward A. Manson  m 
⊖ Allan E. Sullivan  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald MacInnis  m 
⊕ Graham J. Steele  m 
 
Eligible: 11,084 Votes: 8,842 Participation: 79.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14242(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
25
NDP
 3/3 1,178 13.40% -2,684 Winner:
PC
 3,862 43.95% Edward A. Manson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,616 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9946(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
26
NDP
 3/3 7,749 28.06% -3,834 Winner:
PC
 11,583 41.94% Donald MacInnis
Eligible: 12,776 Votes: 11,269 Participation: 88.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8593(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:33 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
28
NDP
 1/3 5,334 47.72% +1,527 Loser:
PC
 3,807 34.06% N. Layton Fergusson

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,857 Votes: 11,261 Participation: 81.27% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8547(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
31
NDP
 1/4 5,929 53.10% +2,486 Loser:
LIB
 3,443 30.83% Vincent Kachafanas

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,247 Votes: 11,519 Participation: 80.85% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4793(F) — 8 Feb 2022 20:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
36
NDP
 1/3 5,135 44.94% +1,953 Loser:
PC
 3,182 27.85% Frank Edwards
After his election:
18 May 1980 37
NDP
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 7 months 29 days (Oppo.)
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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
PC
 4,505 42.88% Donald G. MacLeod
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
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
58
LIB
 2/5 1,021 27.45% -1,143 Winner:
NDP
 2,164 58.17% Graham J. Steele

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Akerman, Jeremy Bernard (p. 1)		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jeremy Akerman		 03 Feb 2024

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