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♂ Robert Lawrence Chisholm
aliasRobert Chisholm
Record
10896 · 4034

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Total 5 1 6
Birth 31 August 1957
Age 66 years + 7 months
First mandate 27 August 1991 → 32 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 6 months ago (18 October 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Robert Lawrence Chisholm (1957– )
© Photo 2012 Matt Jiggins — licensed under CC BY 2.0
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
Canada 4 5 16
Nova Scotia 11 11 4 Z
TOTAL 16 4 21

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 56–58
NDP
 1 Party leader 38–42 01 Feb 1996 — 16 Jul 2000 4 5 15
2. NS 57–58
NDP
 1 Opposition Leader 40–42 24 Mar 1998 — 16 Jul 2000 2 3 22

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Darren Fisher  m 
 		 ⊕ Michael J. Savage  m 
 
Eligible: 16,723 Votes: 11,541 Participation: 69.01% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
27 August 1991
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14216(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
NDP
 1/4 4,507 39.30% +504 Loser:
LIB
 4,003 34.90% Randy Bell

Service: 1 year 8 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,744 Votes: 10,932 Participation: 74.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1445(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
NDP
 1/3 4,071 37.50% +18 Loser:
LIB
 4,053 37.34% Randy Ball

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,850 Votes: 9,664 Participation: 69.78% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1340(F) — 21 May 2022 14:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
40
NDP
 1/4 5,364 55.79% +2,546 Loser:
LIB
 2,818 29.31% Darren Watts

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,579 Votes: 8,870 Participation: 65.32% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1393(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
41
NDP
 1/5 4,266 48.37% +1,472 Loser:
PC
 2,794 31.68% Bruce Cooke

Service: 4 years 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,893 Votes: 8,915 Participation: 59.86% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1288(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
NDP
 3,327 37.40% Michèle H. Raymond
Eligible: 70,756 Votes: 43,478 Participation: 61.45% Candidacies: 4
Federal
41		 Nova Scotia
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6326(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
53
NDP
 1/4 15,678 36.27% +497 Loser:
LIB
 15,181 35.12% Michael J. Savage

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 73,710 Votes: 52,471 Participation: 71.19% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 Nova Scotia
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7411(F) — 28 Dec 2021 09:39 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
NDP
 2/4 12,757 24.41% -17,650 Winner:
LIB
 30,407 58.17% Darren Fisher

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Robert Chisholm, M.P.		 21 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Robert Chisholm, député		 21 Apr 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Chisholm, Robert Lawrence (p. 46)		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Chisholm (Canadian politician)		 21 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Robert Chisholm		 21 Apr 2024

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