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♂ James Lawrence Connolly
aliasJames Connolly
Record
12176 · 4142

Roman Catholic   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth c. 1909 → 115 years ago
Lived ± 73 years
First mandate 13 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 61 years
Death 6 March 1982 → 42 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 11 months after 1 April 1974
Special notes
None
 
James Lawrence Connolly (c.1909–1982)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ Sharon Carstairs (1942–) Niece  
⊖ Harold J. Connolly (1901–1980) Brother  
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Halifax, Nova Scotia
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 3 5 18 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 50
LIB
 1 Speaker 64–65 27 Nov 1973 — 01 Apr 1974 0 4 5

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James H. Vaughan  m 
 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±61
LIB
 1/3 5,276 50.39% +1,261 Loser:
PC
 4,015 38.34% James H. Vaughan

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,539 Votes: 10,564 Participation: 78.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8567(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±65		 Successor:
LIB
 5,608 53.47% Walter R. Fitzgerald

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Connolly, James L.awrence (p. 40)		 26 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
James L. Connolly		 26 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Apr 2024 07:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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