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♂ Edward Francis Lorraine
aliasEd Lorraine
Record
36845 · 4179

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 2 6
Birth 15 April 1928 → 96 years ago
Lived 80 years + 2 months
First mandate 6 October 1981 → 42 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 5 months
Death 18 June 2008 → 15 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 10 months after 26 July 1999
Special notes
None
 

Edward Francis Lorraine
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 13 11 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊖ William L. Campbell  m 
⊖ R. Colin D. Stewart  m 
 		 ⊕ John A. Coupar  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Tom Taggart  m 
 
Eligible: 7,379 Votes: 5,782 Participation: 78.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4801(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 2/3 2,187 38.11% -1,043 Winner:
PC
 3,230 56.28% R. Colin D. Stewart
Eligible: 9,745 Votes: 7,505 Participation: 77.01% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1589(F) — 31 Jul 2023 17:17 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 3,182 42.55% +11 Loser:
PC
 3,171 42.40% William L. Campbell

Service: 3 years 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,430 Votes: 8,164 Participation: 78.27% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1537(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 2/3 3,636 44.68% -160 Winner:
PC
 3,796 46.65% John A. Coupar
Eligible: 11,367 Votes: 9,181 Participation: 80.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1485(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
60
LIB
 1/3 4,260 46.63% +163 Loser:
PC
 4,097 44.85% John A. Coupar

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,359 Votes: 9,496 Participation: 76.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1433(F) — 18 Aug 2021 00:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/3 5,123 54.27% +1,817 Loser:
PC
 3,306 35.02% Tom Taggart

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,534 Votes: 8,470 Participation: 67.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1327(F) — 21 May 2022 14:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/3 3,301 39.13% +678 Loser:
NDP
 2,623 31.10% Janet Maybee

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,223 Votes: 8,452 Participation: 69.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1381(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
PC
 3,728 44.31% H.W. (Bill) Langille

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Edward F. Lorraine		 13 Apr 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Lorraine, Edward F. (p. 119)		 13 Apr 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Lorraine, Edward F. (p. 148)		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ed Lorraine		 13 Apr 2024

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