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♂ R. Laird Stirling
aliasR. Laird Stirling
Record
59204 · 4094

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 22 August 1938 → 85 years + 8 months ago
Lived 81 years + 6 months
First mandate 19 September 1978 → 45 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 40 years
Death 2 March 2020 → 4 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 5 months after 5 September 1988
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 9 11 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Glen M. Bagnell  m 
⊕ Brenda J. Thompson  f 
 		 ⊕ Sandra L. Jolly  f 
 
Eligible: 13,185 Votes: 8,672 Participation: 65.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4807(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
PC
 1/3 4,561 52.89% +1,634 Loser:
LIB
 2,927 33.94% Glen M. Bagnell

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,921 Votes: 8,548 Participation: 61.40% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1596(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/3 3,925 46.17% +1,506 Loser:
LIB
 2,419 28.46% Don Valardo

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,987 Votes: 7,407 Participation: 49.42% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1544(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/4 3,200 43.45% +1,050 Loser:
LIB
 2,150 29.20% Pat Connolly

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,953 Votes: 8,185 Participation: 58.66% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1491(F) — 24 Feb 2024 17:30 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
PC
 2/3 3,389 41.64% -121 Winner:
LIB
 3,510 43.13% Sandra L. Jolly

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Stirling, R. Laird (p. 210)		 22 Aug 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Stirling, R. Laird (p. 261)		 22 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Laird Stirling		 22 Aug 2023

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