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♂ James Herny Vaughan
aliasJames Vaughan
Record
62998 · 4108

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 2 2 4
Total 2 3 5
Birth 9 May 1934 → 89 years + 11 months ago
Lived 62 years
First mandate 8 October 1963 → 60 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 4 months
Death 8 June 1996 → 27 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 7 months after 12 October 1970
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 7 0 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
6 documented challengers
⊖ John E. (Gee) Ahern  m 
⊖ James L. Connolly  m 
⊕ Stephen Greene  m 
 		 ⊕ Mary C. Clancy  f 
⊖ Martin M. (Marty) Dolin  m 
⊖ Gerald A.P. Regan  m 
 
Eligible: 24,510 Votes: 16,645 Participation: 67.91% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 Nova Scotia
8 October 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18408(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
PC
 1/3 8,602 52.43% +1,242 Loser:
LIB
 7,360 44.86% John E. (Gee) Ahern

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,373 Votes: 10,021 Participation: 74.93% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14254(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
PC
 1/3 5,154 52.01% +901 Loser:
LIB
 4,253 42.92% K. Peter Richard

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,747 Votes: 10,541 Participation: 76.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8610(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
36
PC
 2/3 4,015 38.34% -1,261 Winner:
LIB
 5,276 50.39% James L. Connolly
Eligible: 10,407 Votes: 7,208 Participation: 69.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8571(F) — 22 Nov 2023 07:48 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
39
PC
 2/3 1,854 26.12% -2,510 Winner:
LIB
 4,364 61.49% Gerald A.P. Regan
Eligible: 79,568 Votes: 46,894 Participation: 58.94% Candidacies: 10
Federal
35		 Nova Scotia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3240(F) — 3 Nov 2023 08:20 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
59
PC
 2/10 9,600 20.67% -11,726 Winner:
LIB
 21,326 45.91% Mary C. Clancy

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Vaughan, James Henry (p. 224)		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
James H. Vaughan		 21 Apr 2024

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