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♂ Walton W. Cook
aliasWalton W. Cook
Record
12314 · 4148

Lutheran   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 4 5
Birth 12 May 1933 → 90 years + 11 months ago
Lived 74 years + 11 months
First mandate 13 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 5 months
Death 20 April 2008 → 16 years ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 19 days after 1 April 1974
Special notes
None
 

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 3 5 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Bruce Cochran  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George O. Lohnes  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Lila J. O'Connor  f 
 		 ⊖ J. James Kinley  m 
⊕ Allan M. Mosher  m 
 
Eligible: 10,866 Votes: 8,274 Participation: 76.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14268(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 2/3 3,760 45.75% -469 Winner:
PC
 4,229 51.46% George O. Lohnes
Eligible: 11,937 Votes: 9,021 Participation: 75.57% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8624(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 4,852 54.57% +812 Loser:
PC
 4,040 45.43% George O. Lohnes

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,581 Votes: 10,011 Participation: 79.57% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8580(F) — 7 Feb 2022 16:48 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
IND
 3/4 1,538 15.50% -2,548 Winner:
PC
 4,086 41.18% Bruce Cochran
Eligible: 13,663 Votes: 10,510 Participation: 76.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4826(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
45
IND
 3/4 1,094 10.48% -4,670 Winner:
PC
 5,764 55.22% Bruce Cochran
Eligible: 13,405 Votes: 9,770 Participation: 72.88% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1457(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
60
IND
 4/4 517 5.33% -3,465 Winner:
LIB
 3,982 41.07% Lila J. O'Connor

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Cook, Walton William (p. 40)		 02 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Walton Cook		 02 Aug 2023

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