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♂ Harold M. Huskilson
aliasHarold M. Huskilson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 6 1 7
Birth 25 March 1920 → 104 years + 1 month ago
Lived 91 years + 6 months
First mandate 13 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 6 months
Death 24 October 2011 → 12 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 5 months after 24 May 1993
Special notes
None
 
Harold M. Huskilson (1920–2011)
© Photo 2011 H.M. Huskilson Funeral Homes and Crematorium — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Clifford B. Huskilson (1953–) Son  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 22 7 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James M. Harding  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,800 Votes: 7,070 Participation: 80.34% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14276(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 2/3 3,111 44.32% -160 Winner:
PC
 3,271 46.60% James M. Harding
Eligible: 9,689 Votes: 7,652 Participation: 78.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8591(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 3,725 49.06% +404 Loser:
PC
 3,321 43.74% William J. Cox

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,520 Votes: 8,717 Participation: 82.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8545(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/3 4,119 47.58% +387 Loser:
PC
 3,732 43.11% Ron Hatfield

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,921 Votes: 8,781 Participation: 80.40% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4835(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/3 3,932 45.06% +250 Loser:
PC
 3,682 42.20% A. Etheren Goreham

Service: 3 years 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,632 Votes: 8,192 Participation: 70.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1624(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/3 3,765 46.20% +325 Loser:
PC
 3,440 42.21% Warren Doane

Service: 3 years 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,318 Votes: 8,375 Participation: 67.99% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1572(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/4 3,843 46.09% +184 Loser:
PC
 3,659 43.88% Ron Leary

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,660 Votes: 10,192 Participation: 80.51% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1519(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/3 5,224 51.54% +983 Loser:
PC
 4,241 41.85% Tim Van Zoost

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,597 Votes: 8,876 Participation: 70.46% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1467(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
LIB
 5,438 61.70% Clifford B. Huskilson

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Harold MacKay Huskilson		 11 Feb 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Huskilson, Harold MacKay (p. 100)		 11 Feb 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Huskilson, Harold MacKay (p. 119)		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Harold Huskilson		 11 Feb 2024

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