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♂ Walter J. (Jack) Hawkins
aliasWalter J. (Jack) Hawkins
Record
26576 · 4145

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 2 6
Birth 5 May 1932
Age 91 years + 11 months
First mandate 13 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 11 months ago (24 May 1993)
Special notes
None
 

Walter J. (Jack) Hawkins
No photo available
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 15 8 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Cora H. Etter  f  (2 runoffs)
⊕ G. Patrick Hunt  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ J. Albert Ettinger  m 
 
Eligible: 7,147 Votes: 5,947 Participation: 83.21% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8617(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 3,115 52.73% +322 Loser:
PC
 2,793 47.27% J. Albert Ettinger

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,259 Votes: 6,717 Participation: 81.33% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8573(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/4 3,322 49.88% +632 Loser:
PC
 2,690 40.39% Avard Ettinger

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,657 Votes: 7,868 Participation: 81.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4819(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LIB
 2/3 3,294 42.15% -741 Winner:
PC
 4,035 51.63% G. Patrick Hunt
Eligible: 10,246 Votes: 7,797 Participation: 76.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1608(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
49
LIB
 1/3 3,041 39.13% +58 Loser:
PC
 2,983 38.39% G. Patrick Hunt

Service: 3 years 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,604 Votes: 7,705 Participation: 66.40% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1556(F) — 4 Aug 2023 17:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LIB
 2/3 3,192 41.57% -538 Winner:
PC
 3,730 48.57% Cora H. Etter
Eligible: 13,047 Votes: 9,605 Participation: 73.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1503(F) — 4 Aug 2023 17:15 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
56
LIB
 1/3 4,502 47.09% +525 Loser:
PC
 3,977 41.60% Cora H. Etter

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,845 Votes: 9,845 Participation: 71.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1451(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
LIB
 4,295 43.97% Robert A. Carruthers

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Hawkins, Walter John (p. 92)		 24 Feb 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Hawkins, Walter John (p. 117)		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jack Hawkins (politician)		 24 Feb 2024

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