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♂ A.M. (Sandy) Cameron
aliasA.M. (Sandy) Cameron
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
Birth 16 December 1938 → 85 years + 4 months ago
Lived 66 years
First mandate 5 June 1973 → 50 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 5 months
Death 25 December 2004 → 19 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 1 month after 5 November 1984
Special notes
None
 

Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Alexander F. Cameron (1860–1943) Grandfather  
⊖ Alexander W. Cameron (1905–1960) Father  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 11 4 28 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 52
LIB
 1 Party leader 41–46 08 Jun 1980 — 09 Jan 1985 4 7 1
2. NS 52–53
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 41–45 08 Jun 1980 — 05 Nov 1984 4 4 28

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles W. MacNeil  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,144 Votes: 6,757 Participation: 82.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
5 June 1973
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14225(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 1/3 3,362 50.07% +669 Loser:
PC
 2,693 40.11% Donald E. Curtis

Service: 9 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,311 Votes: 6,658 Participation: 80.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8564(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/3 3,688 55.66% +1,036 Loser:
PC
 2,652 40.02% Fen MacIntosh

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,499 Votes: 6,964 Participation: 81.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4810(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 3,306 47.87% +13 Loser:
PC
 3,293 47.68% Jim Johnston

Service: 3 years 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,814 Votes: 7,352 Participation: 83.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1599(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:37 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 3,723 51.03% +604 Loser:
PC
 3,119 42.76% Jim Johnston

Service: 3 years 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,264 Votes: 7,643 Participation: 82.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1547(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:37 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
45
LIB
 2/3 3,469 45.57% -390 Winner:
PC
 3,859 50.70% Charles W. MacNeil

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Cameron, Alexander (Sandy) McLean (p. 27)		 31 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Sandy Cameron		 31 Jul 2023

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