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♂ Gordon L.S. Hart
aliasGordon L.S. Hart
Record
26281 · 4091

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Birth 23 December 1924 → 99 years + 4 months ago
Lived 85 years + 9 months
First mandate 7 June 1960 → 63 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 5 months
Death 28 September 2010 → 13 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 41 years + 11 months after 30 September 1968
Special notes
None
 

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 4 8 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Irvin W. Akerley  m 
 
 
Eligible: 25,210 Votes: 17,905 Participation: 71.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Nova Scotia
7 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18364(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 1/3 8,258 46.46% +605 Loser:
PC
 7,653 43.05% Murray E. Ritcey

Service: 3 years 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 29,379 Votes: 18,866 Participation: 64.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 Nova Scotia
8 October 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18406(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
38
LIB
 2/3 8,150 43.60% -1,734 Winner:
PC
 9,884 52.88% Irvin W. Akerley
Eligible: 14,986 Votes: 9,975 Participation: 66.56% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14249(F) — 8 Feb 2022 20:26 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 4,906 49.75% +605 Loser:
PC
 4,301 43.62% Charles Clarke
After his election:
30 Sep 1968 43
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,986 Votes: 5,630 Participation: 37.57% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
26 November 1968
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14285(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
PC
 2,853 50.67% Gerald G. Wambolt

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Hart, Gordon Leavitt Shaw (p. 91)		 12 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Gordon L.S. Hart		 12 Aug 2023

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