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♂ R. Fisher Hudson
aliasR. Fisher Hudson
Record
28580 · 4019

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 63%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 3 8
Birth 16 May 1920 → 103 years + 11 months ago
Lived 78 years + 10 months
First mandate 30 May 1967 → 56 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years
Death 15 April 1999 → 25 years ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 7 months after 5 September 1988
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 15 1 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Kenneth MacAskill  m 
⊖ Carleton L. MacMillan  m 
 		 ⊕ Maynard C. MacAskill  m 
 
Eligible: 4,650 Votes: 3,842 Participation: 82.62% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Nova Scotia
8 October 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18427(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
43
PC
 2/2 1,890 49.42% -44 Winner:
LIB
 1,934 50.58% Carleton L. MacMillan
Eligible: 4,514 Votes: 3,708 Participation: 82.14% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14277(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
PC
 1/2 2,033 55.01% +370 Loser:
LIB
 1,663 44.99% Duncan F. Buchanan

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,524 Votes: 4,077 Participation: 28.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8597(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/3 2,075 52.53% +375 Loser:
LIB
 1,700 43.04% W.H.F. Langley

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,323 Votes: 4,375 Participation: 82.19% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8551(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
PC
 2/3 1,542 35.62% -1,031 Winner:
LIB
 2,573 59.44% Maynard C. MacAskill
Eligible: 5,800 Votes: 4,482 Participation: 77.28% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
6 May 1980
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14209(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
59
PC
 1/3 2,201 49.29% +279 Loser:
LIB
 1,922 43.05% Murdock Matheson

Service: 1 year 4 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,955 Votes: 4,745 Participation: 79.68% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1626(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
PC
 1/4 2,357 50.02% +405 Loser:
LIB
 1,952 41.43% Merrill D. Buchanan

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,287 Votes: 4,942 Participation: 78.61% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1574(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
PC
 1/4 2,498 50.76% +538 Loser:
LIB
 1,960 39.83% Elmourne K. MacKinnon

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,383 Votes: 5,305 Participation: 83.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1522(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
PC
 2/3 2,076 39.40% -643 Winner:
LIB
 2,719 51.60% Kenneth MacAskill

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Hudson, R. Fisher (p. 98)		 16 Aug 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Hudson, Roy Fisher (p. 115)		 16 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Fisher Hudson		 16 Aug 2023

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