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♂ Robert S. Harrison
aliasRobert S. Harrison
Record
26246 · 4215

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Birth c. 1948
Age ± 76 years
First mandate 25 May 1993 → 30 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 45 years
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 9 months ago (26 July 1999)
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 6 1 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Harry W. How  m 
⊕ David M. Morse  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Derrick J. Kimball  m 
 
Eligible: 13,818 Votes: 10,477 Participation: 75.82% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1455(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±45
LIB
 1/5 3,069 29.46% +128 Loser:
PC
 2,941 28.24% Harry W. How

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,595 Votes: 10,076 Participation: 69.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1351(F) — 21 May 2022 14:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±50
LIB
 1/3 3,650 36.46% +358 Loser:
NDP
 3,292 32.88% Mary DeWolfe

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,580 Votes: 9,738 Participation: 71.71% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1403(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±51
LIB
 2/3 3,213 33.23% -677 Winner:
PC
 3,890 40.23% David M. Morse

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Harrison, Robert S. (pp. 114)		 12 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robbie Harrison		 12 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Aug 2023 15:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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