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♂ R. Colin D. Stewart
aliasR. Colin D. Stewart
Record
59104 · 4162

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Birth 25 June 1926 → 97 years + 10 months ago
Lived 68 years + 1 month
First mandate 19 September 1978 → 45 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 2 months
Death 13 August 1994 → 29 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 2 months after 24 May 1993
Special notes
None
 

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 14 8 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Edward F. Lorraine  m 
 
 
Eligible: 7,379 Votes: 5,782 Participation: 78.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4801(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
PC
 1/3 3,230 56.28% +1,043 Loser:
LIB
 2,187 38.11% Edward F. Lorraine

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,865 Votes: 5,831 Participation: 74.14% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1590(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/4 3,281 56.48% +1,598 Loser:
LIB
 1,683 28.97% Laurence Mersereau

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,582 Votes: 5,611 Participation: 65.38% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1538(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 3,572 63.85% +2,042 Loser:
LIB
 1,530 27.35% Fred A. Kennedy

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,268 Votes: 6,912 Participation: 74.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1486(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/3 3,855 56.11% +1,393 Loser:
LIB
 2,462 35.83% Larry Thomas

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,173 Votes: 9,281 Participation: 76.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1434(F) — 8 Feb 2022 21:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
PC
 4,221 45.74% Kenneth Streatch

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Stewart, Robert Colin David (p. 210)		 23 Oct 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Stewart, Robert Colin D. (p. 259)		 23 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
R. Colin Stewart		 23 Oct 2023

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