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♂ John A. Newell
aliasJohn A. Newell
Record
46049 · 4021

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 2 4
Birth 6 October 1935
Age 88 years + 6 months
First mandate 22 February 1983 → 41 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 35 years + 7 months ago (5 September 1988)
Special notes
None
 

John A. Newell (1935– )
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 5 6 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ J. Bernard Boudreau  m 
⊕ Helen MacDonald  f 
 		 ⊖ Osborne M. Fraser  m 
 
Eligible: 10,277 Votes: 8,036 Participation: 78.19% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1586(F) — 8 Feb 2022 20:56 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
46
PC
 2/3 3,316 41.51% -120 Winner:
LIB
 3,436 43.01% Osborne M. Fraser
Eligible: 10,705 Votes: 8,378 Participation: 78.26% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
22 February 1983
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14210(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
PC
 1/4 3,190 38.28% +112 Loser:
LIB
 3,078 36.93% John Coady

Service: 1 year 8 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,223 Votes: 8,873 Participation: 79.06% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1534(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/4 4,535 51.29% +1,197 Loser:
LIB
 3,338 37.75% John Coady

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,571 Votes: 9,287 Participation: 80.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1481(F) — 24 Feb 2024 16:44 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
PC
 2/3 3,282 35.52% -910 Winner:
LIB
 4,192 45.37% J. Bernard Boudreau

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Newell, John Ainslie (p. 166)		 24 Feb 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Newell, John Ainslie (p. 233)		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Newell (Canadian politician)		 24 Feb 2024

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