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♂ Norman James MacLean
aliasNorman MacLean
Record
38270 · 4116

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 2 6
Birth 21 September 1920 → 103 years + 7 months ago
Lived 79 years + 9 months
First mandate 8 October 1963 → 60 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 43 years
Death 3 July 2000 → 23 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 9 months after 5 September 1988
Special notes
None
 

Norman James MacLean
No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ W.J. (Billy Joe) MacLean (1936–) Brother  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 14 3 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Charles B. MacArthur  m 
⊖ J. Archie MacKenzie  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph C. Nunn  m 
 		 ⊖ William M. MacEachern  m 
⊖ William N. MacLean  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 10,336 Votes: 16,745 Participation: 81.00% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
48		 Nova Scotia
8 October 1963
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18414(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
PC
 1/4 4,474 53.56% +448 Loser:
PC
 4,026 48.19% Alfred J. Davis

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,085 Votes: 15,259 Participation: 75.65% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14263(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/4 3,994 52.55% +314 Loser:
LIB
 3,680 48.41% Alfred J. Davis

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,013 Votes: 18,367 Participation: 76.45% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8619(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/6 4,607 50.47% +668 Loser:
LIB
 3,939 43.15% William N. MacLean

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,625 Votes: 21,257 Participation: 78.01% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8575(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
PC
 3/7 4,832 45.68% -571 Winner:
LIB
 5,403 51.08% J. Archie MacKenzie
Eligible: 9,261 Votes: 7,657 Participation: 82.68% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1558(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
64
PC
 1/4 3,475 45.57% +266 Loser:
LIB
 3,209 42.08% J. Archie MacKenzie

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,152 Votes: 7,971 Participation: 87.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1505(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
67
PC
 2/3 2,865 36.16% -801 Winner:
LIB
 3,666 46.27% Charles B. MacArthur

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacLean, Norman James (p. 142)		 21 Apr 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
MacLean, Norman James (p. 169)		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Norman J. MacLean		 21 Apr 2024

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