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♀ Maxine E. Cochran
aliasMaxine E. Cochran
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Nova Scotia 2 0 2
Birth 5 August 1926 → 97 years + 8 months ago
Lived 87 years + 11 months
First mandate 5 June 1984 → 39 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 10 months
Death 8 July 2014 → 9 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 10 months after 5 September 1988
Special notes
None
 
Maxine E. Cochran (1926–2014)
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Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Bruce Cochran (1919–1984) Spouse  
 
Well that's interesting!
First elected in a June 1984 by-election in Lunenburg Centre following the death of her husband Bruce, Cochran, a Progressive Conservative, was the first woman cabinet minister in Nova Scotia.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 4 2 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 14,712 Votes: 9,549 Participation: 64.91% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
5 June 1984
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14212(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
57
PC
 1/3 5,078 53.46% +1,462 Loser:
LIB
 3,616 38.07% John D. Nause

Service: 5 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,882 Votes: 9,282 Participation: 62.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1563(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 5,239 56.60% +2,570 Loser:
LIB
 2,669 28.83% Linton M. Wentzell

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,005 Votes: 10,961 Participation: 73.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1509(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
PC
 5,071 46.52% Allan M. Mosher

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Cochran, Maxine Elizabeth (p. 48)		 02 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Maxine Cochran		 02 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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