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♂ Milne C. (Mel) Pickings
aliasMilne C. (Mel) Pickings
Record
49610 · 4172

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 0 3
Birth 19 August 1926 → 97 years + 8 months ago
Lived 92 years + 5 months
First mandate 19 September 1978 → 45 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 1 month
Death 1 February 2019 → 5 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 4 months after 5 September 1988
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 9 11 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Maurice E. Delory  m 
 
 
Eligible: 10,009 Votes: 7,683 Participation: 76.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4828(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
PC
 1/3 3,907 51.15% +1,116 Loser:
LIB
 2,791 36.54% Maurice E. Delory

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,848 Votes: 7,272 Participation: 67.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1617(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/3 3,875 53.66% +1,556 Loser:
LIB
 2,319 32.11% Pauline Himmelman

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,214 Votes: 6,728 Participation: 60.00% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1565(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 3,435 51.25% +1,273 Loser:
LIB
 2,162 32.25% Carroll W. Young

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,587 Votes: 8,353 Participation: 72.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1510(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
PC
 3,511 42.34% Marie P. Dechman

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Pickings, Milne Charles (Mel) (p. 176)		 15 Oct 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Pickings, Milne Charles (p. 228)		 15 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Mel Pickings		 15 Oct 2023

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