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♂ C. Edwin Kinley
aliasC. Edwin Kinley
Record
31939 · 4213

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Birth 16 January 1932 → 92 years + 3 months ago
Lived 82 years + 11 months
First mandate 4 November 1997 → 26 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 65 years + 9 months
Death 11 January 2015 → 9 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 9 months after 23 March 1998
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 0 4 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Peter Delefes  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Jane S. Purves  f 
 		 ⊕ Tara Erskine  f 
 
Eligible: 17,008 Votes: 7,279 Participation: 42.80% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
4 November 1997
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14222(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
65
LIB
 1/4 2,795 38.55% +165 Loser:
NDP
 2,630 36.27% Peter Delefes

Service: 4 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,842 Votes: 11,137 Participation: 62.42% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1342(F) — 13 Feb 2024 18:52 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
LIB
 2/4 4,377 39.53% -37 Winner:
NDP
 4,414 39.87% Peter Delefes
Eligible: 13,694 Votes: 9,300 Participation: 67.91% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1396(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
67
LIB
 3/5 2,752 29.88% -640 Winner:
PC
 3,392 36.83% Jane S. Purves

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Kinley, Cecil Edwin (Jr.) (p. 130)		 20 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Ed Kinley		 20 Aug 2023

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