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♂ Arthur Richard Donahoe
aliasArt Donahoe
Record
16482 · 4166

Roman Catholic   ∞3
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Birth 7 April 1940
Age 84 years
First mandate 19 September 1978 → 45 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 11 months ago (24 May 1993)
Special notes
None
 
Arthur Richard Donahoe (1940– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Donald D. Boyd (1883–1956) Grandfather  
⊖ Richard A. Donahoe (1909–2000) Father  
⊖ Terence R.B. Donahoe (1944–2005) Brother  
 

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

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 52–55
PC
 1 Speaker 40–50 19 Feb 1981 — 25 Feb 1991 10 0 6

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Jay F. Abbass  m 
⊖ A. Eileen O'Connell  f  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John F. Godfrey  m 
⊖ Ronald Wallace  m 
 
Eligible: 12,295 Votes: 9,396 Participation: 76.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4814(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
PC
 1/3 3,780 40.56% +255 Loser:
LIB
 3,525 37.82% Ronald Wallace

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,673 Votes: 9,360 Participation: 73.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1603(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/3 4,141 44.55% +1,451 Loser:
LIB
 2,690 28.94% Brenda Shannon

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,102 Votes: 9,094 Participation: 69.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1551(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/3 3,652 40.40% +788 Loser:
NDP
 2,864 31.68% A. Eileen O'Connell

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,477 Votes: 9,426 Participation: 75.55% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1500(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/4 3,283 35.11% +226 Loser:
NDP
 3,057 32.70% A. Eileen O'Connell

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,549 Votes: 11,759 Participation: 75.63% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1448(F) — 8 Feb 2022 21:47 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
PC
 4,584 39.23% Terence R.B. Donahoe

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Donahoe, Arthur Richard (p. 59)		 07 Apr 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Donahoe, Arthur Richard (p. 77)		 07 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Art Donahoe		 07 Apr 2024

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