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♂ Roger S. Bacon
aliasRoger S. Bacon
Record
2162 · 4139

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 6 0 6
Birth 29 June 1926 → 97 years + 9 months ago
Lived 95 years + 3 months
First mandate 13 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 3 months
Death 4 October 2021 → 2 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 4 months after 24 May 1993
Special notes
None
 
Roger S. Bacon (1926–2021)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 22 7 5 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 55
PC
 1 ✓ Party leader 64 12 Sep 1990 — 25 Feb 1991 0 5 13
2. NS 55
PC
 1 ✓ Premier 64 12 Sep 1990 — 25 Feb 1991 0 5 13

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 10,768 Votes: 8,479 Participation: 78.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8603(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
PC
 1/3 4,355 51.89% +1,213 Loser:
LIB
 3,142 37.44% Leonard J. Dolan

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,914 Votes: 8,630 Participation: 72.44% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8558(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/3 4,125 48.25% +635 Loser:
LIB
 3,490 40.82% Ron MacNeil

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,356 Votes: 9,521 Participation: 77.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4804(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 4,955 52.33% +1,721 Loser:
LIB
 3,234 34.15% Norman J. Mansour

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,662 Votes: 8,833 Participation: 69.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1593(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/3 4,663 53.08% +2,250 Loser:
LIB
 2,413 27.47% Shelagh F. Rayworth

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,090 Votes: 7,915 Participation: 60.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1541(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 4,837 61.35% +2,488 Loser:
LIB
 2,349 29.79% Ira Drysdale

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,199 Votes: 9,141 Participation: 69.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1488(F) — 8 Feb 2022 21:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/3 4,758 52.31% +1,482 Loser:
LIB
 3,276 36.02% Carolyn Drysdale

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,782 Votes: 10,777 Participation: 78.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1436(F) — 8 Feb 2022 21:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 5,605 52.31% D. Ross Bragg

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Bacon, Roger Stuart (p. 8)		 05 Feb 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Bacon, Roger Stuart (p. 8)		 05 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Roger Stuart Bacon		 05 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Roger Stuart Bacon		 05 Feb 2024

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