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♂ Derrick J. Kimball
aliasDerrick J. Kimball
Record
31806 · 4024

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Birth 20 November 1954
Age 69 years + 5 months
First mandate 6 September 1988 → 35 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 11 months ago (24 May 1993)
Special notes
None
 
Derrick J. Kimball (1954– )
© Photo 2021 SaltWire — 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 4 8 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Robert S. Harrison  m 
⊕ R. Keith Irving  m 
 		 ⊖ Harry W. How  m 
 
Eligible: 11,031 Votes: 8,375 Participation: 75.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1507(F) — 12 Jul 2023 09:26 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
PC
 1/3 3,531 42.44% +452 Loser:
NDP
 3,079 37.01% Steve Mattson
After his election:
6 Jan 1993 38
PC
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,818 Votes: 10,477 Participation: 75.82% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1455(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
38
IND
 3/5 2,240 21.51% -829 Winner:
LIB
 3,069 29.46% Robert S. Harrison
Eligible: 16,680 Votes: 9,207 Participation: 55.20% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35714(F) — 21 May 2022 15:02 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
66
PC
 2/4 3,046 33.18% -1,003 Winner:
LIB
 4,049 44.11% R. Keith Irving

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Kimball, Derrick John (p. 142)		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Derrick Kimball		 04 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Feb 2024 11:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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