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♂ W.S. Kennedy Jones
aliasW.S. Kennedy Jones
Record
30543 · 4052

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 6 0 6
Birth 24 July 1919 → 104 years + 9 months ago
Lived 58 years + 10 months
First mandate 26 May 1953 → 70 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 10 months
Death 5 June 1978 → 45 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 4 days after 1 June 1971
Special notes
None
 
W.S. Kennedy Jones (1919–1978) 200x228
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
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
Nova Scotia 18 0 0 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 46
PC
 1 Speaker 37–40 27 Feb 1957 — 06 Jun 1960 3 3 10

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Merrill D. Rawding  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 7,277 Votes: 6,233 Participation: 85.65% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18297(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
PC
 1/3 3,230 52.09% +392 Loser:
LIB
 2,838 45.77% Merrill D. Rawding

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,276 Votes: 6,066 Participation: 83.37% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Nova Scotia
30 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18332(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
PC
 1/2 3,067 50.77% +93 Loser:
LIB
 2,974 49.23% Merrill D. Rawding

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,398 Votes: 6,416 Participation: 86.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Nova Scotia
7 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18382(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/2 3,770 59.04% +1,154 Loser:
LIB
 2,616 40.96% Della P. Richardson

Service: 3 years 4 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,603 Votes: 5,850 Participation: 76.94% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Nova Scotia
8 October 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18424(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/2 3,833 65.85% +1,845 Loser:
LIB
 1,988 34.15% W. Alton Snow

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,440 Votes: 5,754 Participation: 77.34% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14274(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/2 3,290 57.69% +877 Loser:
LIB
 2,413 42.31% G. Cecil Day

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,043 Votes: 5,978 Participation: 74.33% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8630(F) — 8 Feb 2022 20:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/2 3,068 51.99% +235 Loser:
LIB
 2,833 48.01% Harley Umphrey
After his election:
1 Jun 1971 51
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 7 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,244 Votes: 6,543 Participation: 79.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
16 November 1971
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14224(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
PC
 3,434 53.29% Floyd D. MacDonald

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Jones, Walter Selby Kennedy (p. 104)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
W.S. Kennedy Jones		 23 Dec 2023

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