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♂ Paul Whitfield MacEwan
aliasPaul MacEwan
Record
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☆   Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 90%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 9 1 10
Birth 8 April 1943 → 81 years ago
Lived 74 years
First mandate 13 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 6 months
Death 2 May 2017 → 6 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 8 months after 4 August 2003
Special notes
None
 
Paul Whitfield MacEwan (1943–2017)
© Photo 1993 Government of Nova Scotia — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
MacEwan was the MLA for Cape Breton Nova for nearly 33 years but, during those years, he ran successfully under four different banners: NDP, independent, Cape Breton Labour, and Liberal.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 32 9 13 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 53
CBLP
 1 Party leader 39–41 01 Dec 1982 — 31 Dec 1984 2 0 30
2. NS 56
LIB
 1 Speaker 50–53 28 Jun 1993 — 17 Nov 1996 3 4 20

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 11  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Percy (Pinky) Gaum  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Earle O. Tubrett  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Gordon L. Gosse  m 
 
Eligible: 7,127 Votes: 6,146 Participation: 86.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14240(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
24
NDP
 3/3 1,394 22.87% -1,479 Winner:
PC
 2,873 47.13% Percy (Pinky) Gaum
Eligible: 7,861 Votes: 6,824 Participation: 86.81% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8595(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
NDP
 1/3 2,927 43.35% +61 Loser:
PC
 2,866 42.45% Percy (Pinky) Gaum

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,556 Votes: 7,535 Participation: 88.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8549(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
NDP
 1/3 3,809 51.35% +1,475 Loser:
PC
 2,334 31.46% Percy (Pinky) Gaum

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,483 Votes: 8,366 Participation: 88.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4795(F) — 12 Jul 2023 09:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
NDP
 1/3 3,918 47.28% +1,051 Loser:
LIB
 2,867 34.60% Earle O. Tubrett
After his election:
15 Jun 1980 37
NDP
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,480 Votes: 7,698 Participation: 81.20% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1584(F) — 12 Jul 2023 09:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
IND
 1/4 3,691 48.20% +1,384 Loser:
LIB
 2,307 30.13% Earle O. Tubrett
After his election:
1 Dec 1982 39
IND
 →
CBLP
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,735 Votes: 7,364 Participation: 75.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1532(F) — 12 Jul 2023 09:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
41
CBLP
 1/4 3,832 52.36% +2,085 Loser:
PC
 1,747 23.87% Jim Neville
After his election:
1 Dec 1984 41
CBLP
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,159 Votes: 7,615 Participation: 83.14% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1479(F) — 12 Jul 2023 09:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
IND
 1/4 3,194 42.34% +591 Loser:
LIB
 2,603 34.51% Dan MacRury
After his election:
1 Feb 1990 46
IND
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,739 Votes: 8,359 Participation: 77.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1427(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 6,816 82.22% +5,785 Loser:
NDP
 1,031 12.44% Blair Riley

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,045 Votes: 7,341 Participation: 73.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1322(F) — 21 May 2022 13:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/3 3,944 53.98% +894 Loser:
NDP
 3,050 41.75% Lou Surette

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,862 Votes: 7,546 Participation: 76.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1375(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/3 4,004 53.44% +751 Loser:
NDP
 3,253 43.42% Gordon L. Gosse

Service: 4 years 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,279 Votes: 6,982 Participation: 67.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1270(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
NDP
 3,168 45.61% Gordon L. Gosse

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacEwan, Paul W. (p. 131)		 18 Apr 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
MacEwan, Paul Whitfield (p. 160)		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Paul MacEwan		 18 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Paul MacEwan		 18 Apr 2024

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