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♂ Frank C. Bezanson
aliasFrank C. Bezanson
Record
4694 · 4051

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 29%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 2 4 6
Total 2 5 7
Birth 31 August 1928 → 95 years + 7 months ago
Lived 65 years + 2 months
First mandate 16 November 1971 → 52 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 2 months
Death 10 November 1993 → 30 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 1 month after 18 September 1978
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 6 10 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Robert C. Levy  m 
⊖ J. Patrick Nowlan  m 
 		 ⊕ George C. Moody  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Gordon A. Tidman  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 9,658 Votes: 7,443 Participation: 77.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14267(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 2/3 3,522 47.67% -97 Winner:
PC
 3,619 48.98% Gordon A. Tidman
Eligible: 10,556 Votes: 7,710 Participation: 73.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8623(F) — 8 Feb 2022 20:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 2/3 3,735 48.95% 0 Winner:
PC
 3,735 48.95% Gordon A. Tidman
Eligible: 10,788 Votes: 8,430 Participation: 78.14% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
16 November 1971
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14223(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 4,350 51.93% +323 Loser:
PC
 4,027 48.07% Fred Chisholm

Service: 2 years 4 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,484 Votes: 8,675 Participation: 75.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8579(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/3 5,031 58.43% +1,825 Loser:
PC
 3,206 37.23% Kay Howlett

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,304 Votes: 9,505 Participation: 77.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4825(F) — 8 Jun 2022 04:30 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LIB
 2/3 3,559 37.71% -1,452 Winner:
PC
 5,011 53.09% George C. Moody
Eligible: 57,176 Votes: 40,112 Participation: 70.16% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Nova Scotia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4399(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
50
LIB
 2/3 12,001 29.92% -8,102 Winner:
PC
 20,103 50.12% J. Patrick Nowlan
Eligible: 15,291 Votes: 9,956 Participation: 65.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1508(F) — 8 Jun 2022 04:30 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
60
LIB
 2/3 3,114 31.47% -2,785 Winner:
PC
 5,899 59.61% George C. Moody

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Bezanson, Frank Curwin (p. 14)		 27 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Frank Bezanson		 27 Jul 2023

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