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♂ Edward C. Twohig
aliasEdward C. Twohig
Record
62432 · 4170

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 2 0 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth c. August 1930 → 93 years + 8 months ago
Lived Unknown
First mandate 19 September 1978 → 45 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 48 years
Death Unknown
 
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 6 1 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Scott A. Brison  m 
⊕ Robert C. Levy  m 
 		 ⊕ Glenn S. Ells  m 
⊕ David M. Morse  m 
 
Eligible: 9,845 Votes: 7,709 Participation: 78.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4823(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±48
PC
 1/3 3,744 48.78% +461 Loser:
LIB
 3,283 42.77% Glenn S. Ells

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,333 Votes: 7,758 Participation: 75.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1612(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±51
PC
 1/3 3,369 43.61% +1,053 Loser:
NDP
 2,316 29.98% Robert C. Levy

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,069 Votes: 7,401 Participation: 66.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1560(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±54		 Successor:
PC
 3,655 49.57% George G. Archibald
Eligible: 67,213 Votes: 46,888 Participation: 69.76% Candidacies: 7
Federal
42		 Nova Scotia
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7414(F) — 2 Feb 2022 16:54 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±85
IND
 6/7 132 0.28% -32,894 Winner:
LIB
 33,026 70.74% Scott A. Brison

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Twohig, Edward C. (p. 220)		 22 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Edward Twohig		 22 Dec 2023

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