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♂ James A. Barkhouse
aliasJames A. Barkhouse
Record
2704 · 4190

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 3 May 1940
Age 83 years + 11 months
First mandate 6 November 1984 → 39 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 1 month ago (23 March 1998)
Special notes
None
 
James A. Barkhouse (1940– )
© Photo Jim Barkhouse / LinkedIn — Fair trade
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 4 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Hinrich Bitter-Suermann  m 
 
 
Eligible: 7,796 Votes: 5,533 Participation: 70.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1564(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 2,696 49.06% +932 Loser:
PC
 1,764 32.10% David Hart

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,954 Votes: 6,075 Participation: 76.38% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1520(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/4 3,024 50.02% +672 Loser:
PC
 2,352 38.91% Richard P. Eldridge

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,044 Votes: 9,786 Participation: 75.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1431(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 5,025 51.69% +2,158 Loser:
PC
 2,867 29.49% Aileen Heisler

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,959 Votes: 9,308 Participation: 71.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1325(F) — 12 Jul 2023 09:34 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LIB
 2/3 3,153 34.10% -103 Winner:
PC
 3,256 35.22% Hinrich Bitter-Suermann

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Barkhouse, James Alfred (p. 18)		 10 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jim Barkhouse		 10 Mar 2024

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