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♂ Walter R. Fitzgerald
aliasWalter R. Fitzgerald
Record
19974 · 4151

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 2 4
Birth 8 May 1936 → 87 years + 11 months ago
Lived 78 years + 5 months
First mandate 2 April 1974 → 50 years + 26 days ago
↳ at age 37 years + 10 months
Death 11 October 2014 → 9 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 6 days after 5 October 1981
Special notes
None
 
Walter R. Fitzgerald (1936–2014)
© Photo 2014 Dignity Memorial — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Halifax, Nova Scotia (1971–1974; 1994–2000)
Mun./Co. Council Halifax, Nova Scotia (1966–1971)
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 7 6 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊕ M. Maureen MacDonald  f 
⊖ Douglas C. McNeil  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexa A. McDonough  f 
⊖ Edmund L. Morris  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 1/3 5,608 53.47% +2,375 Loser:
PC
 3,233 30.82% Dennis Ashworth

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,996 Votes: 9,074 Participation: 75.64% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4813(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 3,998 44.28% +265 Loser:
PC
 3,733 41.34% Margaret Stanbury

Service: 3 years 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,391 Votes: 9,718 Participation: 78.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1602(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:34 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
LIB
 3/3 2,407 24.85% -1,479 Winner:
NDP
 3,886 40.12% Alexa A. McDonough
Eligible: 12,822 Votes: 8,003 Participation: 62.42% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1554(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
48
LIB
 3/4 2,208 27.81% -965 Winner:
PC
 3,173 39.97% Edmund L. Morris

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Fitzgerald, Walter Ronald (p. 71)		 03 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walter Fitzgerald (politician)		 03 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Mar 2024 22:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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