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♂ George M. Mitchell
aliasGeorge M. Mitchell
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Birth 8 August 1932
Age 91 years + 8 months
First mandate 13 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 45 years + 7 months ago (18 September 1978)
Special notes
None
 
George M. Mitchell (1932– ) 200x247
© 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 7 11 4 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 50
LIB
 1 Speaker 38–40 10 Dec 1970 — 06 Apr 1973 2 3 27

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊕ George T.H. Cooper  m 
⊖ Terence R.B. Donahoe  m 
 		 ⊖ Richard A. Donahoe  m 
⊖ Muriel H. Duckworth  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 13,707 Votes: 10,020 Participation: 73.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8613(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/3 5,323 53.72% +1,432 Loser:
PC
 3,891 39.27% Richard A. Donahoe

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,368 Votes: 11,420 Participation: 74.31% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8569(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 5,391 47.52% +1,558 Loser:
PC
 3,833 33.79% George T.H. Cooper

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,103 Votes: 9,825 Participation: 74.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4815(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LIB
 2/3 3,104 31.77% -1,342 Winner:
PC
 4,446 45.51% Terence R.B. Donahoe

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Mitchell, George MacGregor (p. 156)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
George M. Mitchell		 23 Dec 2023

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