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♂ Dennis Richards
aliasDennis Richards
Record
52451 · 4207

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 0 1
Birth Unknown
   
First mandate 25 May 1993 → 30 years + 11 months ago
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 1 month ago (23 March 1998)
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 4 9 28 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 14,422 Votes: 9,855 Participation: 68.33% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1435(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
?
LIB
 1/4 4,702 48.13% +1,293 Loser:
PC
 3,409 34.89% John Gold

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,253 Votes: 9,695 Participation: 63.56% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1330(F) — 21 May 2022 14:03 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
?		 Successor:
NDP
 4,411 45.73% Kevin E. Deveaux

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Richards, Dennis (p. 261)		 21 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Dennis Richards (politician)		 21 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Oct 2023 14:12 (but data presented dynamically)

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