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♂ Keith Wayne Colwell
aliasKeith Colwell
Record
12031 · 4209

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 7 1 8
Birth 3 October 1947
Age 76 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 May 1993 → 30 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 2 years + 8 months ago (16 August 2021)
Special notes
None
 
Keith Wayne Colwell (1947– )
© Photo 2019 Jleclerc — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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 24 2 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
4 documented challengers
⊕ William Dooks  m 
⊕ Thomas J. McInnis  m 
 		 ⊕ David A. Hendsbee  m 
⊕ Marc-Boris St-Maurice  m 
 
Eligible: 11,404 Votes: 8,727 Participation: 76.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1443(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 1/3 3,760 43.46% +237 Loser:
PC
 3,523 40.72% Thomas J. McInnis

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,407 Votes: 8,614 Participation: 69.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1337(F) — 21 May 2022 14:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 3,299 38.49% +498 Loser:
NDP
 2,801 32.68% Darren Richard

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,076 Votes: 8,737 Participation: 72.35% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1391(F) — 16 Sep 2021 21:46 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LIB
 2/4 2,695 31.01% -942 Winner:
PC
 3,637 41.85% William Dooks
Eligible: 6,591 Votes: 4,172 Participation: 63.30% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1306(F) — 22 Dec 2023 08:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
55
LIB
 1/4 1,411 33.98% +50 Loser:
PC
 1,361 32.77% David A. Hendsbee

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,288 Votes: 4,419 Participation: 60.63% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 525(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/4 1,853 42.13% +233 Loser:
PC
 1,620 36.83% Dwayne Provo

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,680 Votes: 4,355 Participation: 56.71% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6163(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/4 1,888 43.57% +574 Loser:
NDP
 1,314 30.33% Janet Sutcliffe

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,677 Votes: 5,783 Participation: 54.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7226(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
LIB
 1/3 3,326 58.39% +1,510 Loser:
NDP
 1,816 31.88% André Cain

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,404 Votes: 5,050 Participation: 44.28% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7847(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/4 2,572 51.33% +1,459 Loser:
NDP
 1,113 22.21% Shelley Fashan

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,157 Votes: 5,172 Participation: 46.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35722(F) — 26 Aug 2023 07:12 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
LIB
 2,226 43.38% Angela E. Simmonds

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Colwell, Keith W. (p. 53)		 09 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Keith Colwell		 09 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Keith Colwell		 09 Apr 2024

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