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♂ J. Wayne Connors
aliasJ. Wayne Connors
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
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Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth 30 January 1936
Age 88 years + 2 months
First mandate 6 September 1988 → 35 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 35 years + 2 months ago (1 February 1989)
Special notes
None
 
J. Wayne Connors (1936– )
© Photo Wayne Connors via LinkedIn — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A Nova Scotia Liberal, Connors served only five months in the legislature, resigning for health reasons in February 1989. As of 2024, he is still alive.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 0 4 26 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 9,708 Votes: 8,088 Participation: 83.31% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1476(F) — 8 Feb 2022 21:10 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
52
LIB
 1/3 3,681 45.80% +1,471 Loser:
PC
 2,210 27.50% Harold MacDonald
After his election:
1 Feb 1989 53
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 4 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,955 Votes: 7,789 Participation: 78.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1989
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14214(F) — 8 Feb 2022 21:18 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
LIB
 2,758 35.55% Russell F. MacNeil

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Connors, John Wayne (p. 56)		 30 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Wayne Connors		 30 Jan 2024

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