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♂ Richard Keith Irving
aliasKeith Irving
Record
29249 · 4027

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Nova Scotia
Opposition
 Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth c. 1958
Age ± 66 years
First mandate 8 October 2013 → 10 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 55 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Richard Keith Irving (c.1958– )
© Photo 2014 Peters117 — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Wolfville, Nova Scotia; Iqaluit, Nunavut
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 10 6 16 Z

Electoral history

Races * 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Ramona C. Jennex  f 
 		 ⊕ Derrick J. Kimball  m 
 
Eligible: 16,809 Votes: 9,948 Participation: 59.18% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7241(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±55
LIB
 1/4 3,878 39.16% +367 Loser:
NDP
 3,511 35.45% Ramona C. Jennex

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,542 Votes: 9,168 Participation: 52.26% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7839(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±59
LIB
 1/5 4,269 46.71% +1,773 Loser:
PC
 2,496 27.31% Peter Harrison

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±63
LIB
 1/4 4,049 44.11% +1,003 Loser:
PC
 3,046 33.18% Derrick J. Kimball

Service: 2 years 8 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Kings South
Post-dated race
Provincial
65		 Nova Scotia
15 July 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39827(P) — 13 Apr 2024 16:27 ET
✗
 Incumbent will likely be defeated →
Age
±67
LIB
 2/4   29.99%   Winner:
PC

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Irving, Richard Keith (p. 132)		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Keith Irving		 13 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Keith Irving		 13 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 16:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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