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♂ Ronald Michael Chisholm
aliasRon Chisholm
Record
10899 · 4060

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 2 5
Birth 30 September 1948
Age 75 years + 6 months
First mandate 27 July 1999 → 24 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 14 years + 10 months ago (8 June 2009)
Special notes
None
 

No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve St. Mary's, Nova Scotia (1994–1999)
Mun./Co. Council St. Mary's, Nova Scotia (1988–1999)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 9 10 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊕ James (Jim) Boudreau  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ Raymond J. White  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Lloyd P. Hines  m 
 
Eligible: 10,508 Votes: 8,087 Participation: 76.96% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1339(F) — 21 May 2022 14:08 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
49
PC
 2/3 2,717 33.83% -721 Winner:
LIB
 3,438 42.81% Raymond J. White
Eligible: 10,687 Votes: 7,887 Participation: 73.80% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1392(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
PC
 1/4 3,285 41.90% +134 Loser:
LIB
 3,151 40.19% Raymond J. White

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,141 Votes: 6,845 Participation: 84.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1287(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/3 2,587 37.99% +388 Loser:
LIB
 2,199 32.30% Gordon MacDonald

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,734 Votes: 6,793 Participation: 69.79% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 508(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/4 2,765 40.83% +225 Loser:
NDP
 2,540 37.51% James (Jim) Boudreau

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,505 Votes: 7,029 Participation: 73.95% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6144(F) — 13 Sep 2023 04:03 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
PC
 2/4 1,750 24.96% -1,871 Winner:
NDP
 3,621 51.64% James (Jim) Boudreau

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Chisholm, Ronald Michael (p. 47)		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ron Chisholm		 21 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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