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♀ Marie P. Dechman
aliasMarie P. Dechman
Record
15042 · 4198

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth c. 1941
Age ± 83 years
First mandate 6 September 1988 → 35 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 47 years
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 11 months ago (24 May 1993)
Special notes
None
 

Marie P. Dechman (c.1941– )
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 4 8 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Donald R. Downe  m 
 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±47
PC
 1/3 3,511 42.34% +268 Loser:
LIB
 3,243 39.11% Jack Logan

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,887 Votes: 10,428 Participation: 75.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1458(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±52
PC
 2/3 2,910 28.09% -3,366 Winner:
LIB
 6,276 60.59% Donald R. Downe

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Dechman, Marie P. (p. 64)		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Marie Dechman		 24 Feb 2024

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