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♂ J. Bernard Boudreau
aliasJ. Bernard Boudreau
Record
6161 · 4022

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 2 0 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth 25 July 1944
Age 79 years + 9 months
First mandate 6 September 1988 → 35 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 7 months ago (6 September 1997)
Special notes
None
 
J. Bernard Boudreau (1944– )
© Photo Senate (Canada) — Fair trade
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 8 11 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Wendy Lill  f 
⊕ Thomas J. McInnis  m 
 		 ⊕ Helen MacDonald  f  (2 runoffs)
⊕ John A. Newell  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 4,192 45.37% +910 Loser:
PC
 3,282 35.52% John A. Newell

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,905 Votes: 9,225 Participation: 77.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1429(F) — 24 Feb 2024 16:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/3 6,591 71.90% +5,279 Loser:
NDP
 1,312 14.31% Helen MacDonald
After his election:
6 Sep 1997 53
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,577 Votes: 7,611 Participation: 65.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
4 November 1997
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14221(F) — 24 Feb 2024 16:44 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
NDP
 3,727 49.19% Helen MacDonald
Eligible: 62,877 Votes: 37,579 Participation: 59.77% Candidacies: 5
Federal
37		 Nova Scotia
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2634(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
56
LIB
 2/5 12,408 33.14% -1,177 Winner:
NDP
 13,585 36.28% Wendy Lill

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. J. Bernard Boudreau, P.C., Q.C., Senator		 24 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. J. Bernard Boudreau, C.P., c.r., sénateur		 24 Feb 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Boudreau, James Bernard (p. 28)		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bernie Boudreau		 24 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Feb 2024 16:57 (but data presented dynamically)

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