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♂ G. Charles Porter
aliasG. Charles Porter
Record
50291 · 4077

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Birth 29 December 1964
Age 59 years + 3 months
First mandate 13 June 2006 → 17 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 2 years + 8 months ago (16 August 2021)
Special notes
None
 
G. Charles Porter (1964– )
© 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 15 2 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 14,030 Votes: 8,609 Participation: 61.36% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 516(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
PC
 1/4 2,969 34.60% +45 Loser:
LIB
 2,924 34.08% Paula Lunn

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,887 Votes: 9,082 Participation: 61.01% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6153(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/4 3,364 37.24% +299 Loser:
LIB
 3,065 33.93% Paula Lunn

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,726 Votes: 8,854 Participation: 60.12% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7238(F) — 12 Jul 2023 09:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/4 4,468 50.75% +1,189 Loser:
LIB
 3,279 37.24% Claude O'Hara
After his election:
13 Jun 2014 49
PC
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
17 Feb 2016 51
IND
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 15,573 Votes: 8,400 Participation: 53.94% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7836(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/5 4,589 54.87% +2,173 Loser:
PC
 2,416 28.89% Janice Munroe Dodge

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,685 Votes: 9,229 Participation: 55.31% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35711(F) — 21 May 2022 15:01 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 3,968 43.11% Melissa Sheehy-Richard

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Porter, Garnet Charles (p. 250)		 29 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Chuck Porter (politician)		 29 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Chuck Porter (homme politique)		 29 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Dec 2023 15:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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