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♂ William MacDonald
aliasWilliam MacDonald
Record
37715 · 4220

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Birth c. 1935
Age ± 89 years
First mandate 25 May 1993 → 30 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 58 years
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 1 month ago (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 4 9 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Barry Barnet  m 
 		 ⊕ Rosemary Godin  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 12,912 Votes: 8,823 Participation: 68.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1465(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±58
LIB
 1/3 3,620 41.43% +856 Loser:
NDP
 2,764 31.64% Frank Sutherland

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,429 Votes: 9,488 Participation: 65.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1366(F) — 21 May 2022 14:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±63
LIB
 2/3 3,128 33.16% -693 Winner:
NDP
 3,821 40.50% Rosemary Godin
Eligible: 14,771 Votes: 8,858 Participation: 59.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1413(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±64
LIB
 3/3 2,276 25.86% -1,297 Winner:
PC
 3,573 40.60% Barry Barnet

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
MacDonald, William (p. 172)		 26 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Bill MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)		 26 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Aug 2023 14:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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