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♂ George S. Riley
aliasGeorge S. Riley
Record
52670 · 4075

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth 18 November 1922 → 101 years + 5 months ago
Lived 79 years + 9 months
First mandate 13 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 10 months
Death 28 August 2002 → 21 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 4 months after 1 April 1974
Special notes
None
 

No photo available
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 3 5 18 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Gordon H. Fitzgerald  m 
 
 
Eligible: 17,477 Votes: 12,885 Participation: 73.73% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8612(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 6,453 50.76% +1,026 Loser:
PC
 5,427 42.69% Gordon H. Fitzgerald

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,900 Votes: 17,661 Participation: 73.90% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8566(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
LIB
 8,691 49.57% George R. Doucet

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Riley, George Stuart (p. 186)		 09 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Riley (Nova Scotia politician)		 09 Mar 2024

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