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♂ Darrell E. Dexter
aliasDarrell E. Dexter
Record
15895 · 4015

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 1 6
Birth 10 September 1957
Age 66 years + 7 months
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 40 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 10 years + 6 months ago (7 October 2013)
Special notes
None
 
Darrell E. Dexter (1957– )
© Photo 2012 Matt Jiggins — licensed under CC BY 2.0
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 15 6 10 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 58–61
NDP
 1 ✓ Party leader 43–44 25 Apr 2001 — 28 Feb 2002 0 10 3
2. NS 58–60
NDP
 1 Opposition Leader 43–51 25 Apr 2001 — 08 Jun 2009 8 1 14
3. NS 61
NDP
 1 Premier 51–56 09 Jun 2009 — 07 Oct 2013 4 3 28

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Tony Ince  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Alan E. Mitchell  m 
 		 ⊕ Michael L. MacDonald  m 
 
Eligible: 13,398 Votes: 8,787 Participation: 65.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1329(F) — 3 Nov 2023 08:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
NDP
 1/3 3,717 42.30% +731 Loser:
LIB
 2,986 33.98% Alan E. Mitchell

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,511 Votes: 8,379 Participation: 62.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1389(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
NDP
 1/4 3,164 37.95% +414 Loser:
PC
 2,750 32.98% Gregory E. Frampton

Service: 4 years 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,131 Votes: 9,025 Participation: 59.65% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1277(F) — 11 Oct 2021 17:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
45
NDP
 1/4 4,977 55.37% +2,590 Loser:
PC
 2,387 26.55% Brian Thomas

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,651 Votes: 8,684 Participation: 59.27% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 498(F) — 11 Oct 2021 19:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
48
NDP
 1/4 5,327 61.46% +3,539 Loser:
PC
 1,788 20.63% Sheila McKeand

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,720 Votes: 8,523 Participation: 54.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6134(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
51
NDP
 1/4 5,849 68.82% +4,340 Loser:
LIB
 1,509 17.76% Tony Ince

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,075 Votes: 9,827 Participation: 57.55% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7219(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
56
NDP
 2/3 3,981 40.82% -21 Winner:
LIB
 4,002 41.04% Tony Ince

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Darrell Dexter		 04 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Darrell Dexter		 04 Feb 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Dexter, Darrell E. (p. 73)		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Darrell Dexter		 04 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Darrell Dexter		 04 Feb 2024

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