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♂ Donald R. Downe
aliasDonald R. Downe
Record
16837 · 4217

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 0 3
Birth c. 1951
Age ± 73 years
First mandate 25 May 1993 → 30 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 42 years
 
Mandate ended 21 years + 2 months ago (18 February 2003)
Special notes
None
 

Donald R. Downe
No photo available
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 9 8 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Marie P. Dechman  f 
 
 
Eligible: 13,887 Votes: 10,428 Participation: 75.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1458(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±42
LIB
 1/3 6,276 60.59% +3,366 Loser:
PC
 2,910 28.09% Marie P. Dechman

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,082 Votes: 9,146 Participation: 64.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1354(F) — 21 May 2022 14:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±47
LIB
 1/3 4,364 47.95% +1,653 Loser:
NDP
 2,711 29.78% Eric Hustvedt

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,900 Votes: 9,401 Participation: 67.63% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1406(F) — 9 Feb 2022 08:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±48
LIB
 1/3 4,248 45.46% +997 Loser:
PC
 3,251 34.79% Jerry Swain
After his election:
18 Feb 2003 ±52
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 6 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,722 Votes: 7,895 Participation: 62.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1302(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±52		 Successor:
PC
 3,111 39.68% Carolyn A. Bolivar-Getson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Downe, Donald Richard (p. 81)		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Don Downe		 24 Feb 2024

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