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♂ Brian A. Young
aliasBrian A. Young
Record
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Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 29 September 1949
Age 74 years + 6 months
First mandate 6 October 1981 → 42 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 32 years
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 11 months ago (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 11 7 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Linus J. (Len) Arsenault  m 
 		 ⊕ Ronald D. Stewart  m 
 
Eligible: 12,826 Votes: 9,692 Participation: 75.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1583(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
PC
 1/3 4,187 43.51% +1,059 Loser:
LIB
 3,128 32.51% Nash Brogan

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,234 Votes: 9,225 Participation: 69.71% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1531(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
PC
 1/4 6,431 70.01% +4,794 Loser:
LIB
 1,637 17.82% Hank Lamond

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,996 Votes: 9,985 Participation: 76.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1478(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/3 6,018 60.68% +3,976 Loser:
LIB
 2,042 20.59% Robert E. McGrath

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,740 Votes: 10,798 Participation: 84.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1426(F) — 8 Feb 2022 21:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
PC
 2/4 3,911 36.43% -1,548 Winner:
LIB
 5,459 50.85% Ronald D. Stewart

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Young, Brian (p. 238)		 29 Sep 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Young, Brian Alexander (p. 311)		 29 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Brian Young (politician)		 29 Sep 2023

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