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♂ Joel R. Matheson
aliasJoel R. Matheson
Record
40044 · 4165

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
Total 4 2 6
Birth 18 February 1930
Age 94 years + 2 months
First mandate 19 September 1978 → 45 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 11 months ago (24 May 1993)
Special notes
None
 

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 14 8 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Peter Delefes  m 
⊕ Clarence F. MacKinnon  m 
 		 ⊕ Gerald G. Fogarty  m 
⊕ Geoff P. Regan  m 
 
Eligible: 15,746 Votes: 11,679 Participation: 74.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4812(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
PC
 1/3 6,325 54.36% +2,244 Loser:
LIB
 4,081 35.08% Wilfred Moore

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,497 Votes: 12,356 Participation: 70.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1601(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 6,087 49.41% +2,847 Loser:
LIB
 3,240 26.30% John Genik

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,664 Votes: 11,905 Participation: 60.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1549(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/3 5,613 47.32% +1,589 Loser:
NDP
 4,024 33.93% Paul Fiander

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,909 Votes: 14,249 Participation: 71.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1498(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 6,462 45.56% +1,485 Loser:
LIB
 4,977 35.09% Penny LaRocque

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,230 Votes: 11,416 Participation: 70.34% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1446(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
PC
 2/4 4,270 37.63% -406 Winner:
LIB
 4,676 41.21% Gerald G. Fogarty
Eligible: 92,906 Votes: 59,354 Participation: 63.89% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Nova Scotia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3241(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
63
PC
 2/6 13,816 23.46% -13,273 Winner:
LIB
 27,089 46.00% Geoff P. Regan

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Matheson, Joel Rand (p. 154)		 18 Feb 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Matheson, Joel Rand (p. 206)		 18 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joel Matheson		 18 Feb 2024

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