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♂ Kenneth MacAskill
aliasKenneth MacAskill
Record
37349 · 4200

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Birth 12 August 1933
Age 90 years + 8 months
First mandate 6 September 1988 → 35 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 55 years
 
Mandate ended 20 years + 8 months ago (4 August 2003)
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 14 10 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ R. Fisher Hudson  m 
 
 
Eligible: 6,383 Votes: 5,305 Participation: 83.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1522(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
LIB
 1/3 2,719 51.60% +643 Loser:
PC
 2,076 39.40% R. Fisher Hudson

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,423 Votes: 5,189 Participation: 80.79% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1470(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/4 3,119 60.32% +1,631 Loser:
PC
 1,488 28.78% Walter S. Brett

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,319 Votes: 5,023 Participation: 79.49% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1346(F) — 21 May 2022 14:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/4 2,405 48.08% +881 Loser:
PC
 1,524 30.47% Dan Chiasson

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,310 Votes: 4,598 Participation: 72.87% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1418(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/5 2,263 49.46% +1,089 Loser:
PC
 1,174 25.66% Anna Curtis-Steele

Service: 4 years 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,433 Votes: 6,269 Participation: 84.34% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1313(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
LIB
 2,284 36.44% Gerald E. Sampson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
MacAskill, Kenneth (p. 166)		 12 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Kennie MacAskill		 12 Aug 2023

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