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♂ Ronald S.T. Russell
aliasRonald S.T. Russell
Record
54443 · 4132

New Zealander-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 8 1 9
Birth 22 July 1926 → 97 years + 9 months ago
Lived 92 years + 7 months
First mandate 19 September 1978 → 45 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 1 month
Death 7 March 2019 → 5 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 8 months after 12 June 2006
Special notes
None
 
Ronald S.T. Russell (1926–2019) 200x270
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
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 27 8 15 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 52
PC
 1 Speaker 52–53 06 Dec 1978 — 07 Jul 1980 1 7 1
2. NS 55
PC
 2 Speaker 64–66 26 Feb 1991 — 24 May 1993 2 2 28
3. NS 57
PC
 3 Speaker 71–73 21 May 1998 — 26 Jul 1999 1 2 5

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Robert D. Lindsay  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 10,638 Votes: 8,678 Participation: 81.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8574(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
PC
 2/3 3,707 42.96% -441 Winner:
LIB
 4,148 48.07% Robert D. Lindsay
Eligible: 11,692 Votes: 9,209 Participation: 78.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4820(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
PC
 1/3 4,872 53.23% +1,387 Loser:
LIB
 3,485 38.08% Robert D. Lindsay

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,945 Votes: 8,877 Participation: 74.32% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1609(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/3 4,554 51.51% +1,893 Loser:
LIB
 2,661 30.10% Daniel J. McGrath

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,846 Votes: 8,359 Participation: 65.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1557(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 4,634 55.65% +2,099 Loser:
LIB
 2,535 30.44% Dewer Lindsay

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,149 Votes: 9,703 Participation: 73.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1504(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/3 5,091 52.84% +2,262 Loser:
LIB
 2,829 29.36% Donzell A. Ross

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,862 Votes: 10,339 Participation: 74.59% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1452(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
PC
 1/4 4,152 40.41% +46 Loser:
LIB
 4,106 39.96% Mike Doyle

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,682 Votes: 9,547 Participation: 69.78% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1348(F) — 21 May 2022 14:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
71
PC
 1/3 4,507 47.48% +1,911 Loser:
LIB
 2,596 27.35% Debbi Bowes

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,727 Votes: 9,118 Participation: 66.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1400(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
73
PC
 1/3 5,276 58.27% +3,261 Loser:
LIB
 2,015 22.25% Joe Robertson

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,424 Votes: 8,424 Participation: 67.80% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1296(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
77
PC
 1/5 3,871 46.15% +1,671 Loser:
NDP
 2,200 26.23% Sean Bennett

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,030 Votes: 8,609 Participation: 61.36% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 516(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
79		 Successor:
PC
 2,969 34.60% G. Charles Porter

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Russell, Ronald S. (p, 192)		 23 Dec 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Russell, Ronald Stanley Thornton (pp, 243-245)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Ron Russell		 23 Dec 2023

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