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♂ Francis Corbett
aliasFrancis Corbett
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 6 0 6
Birth c. 1954
Age ± 70 years
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age ± 44 years
 
Mandate ended 9 years + 26 days ago (2 April 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Francis Corbett (c.1954– ) 200x282
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
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 17 0 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊕ David R. Wilton  m 
 
 
Eligible: 10,814 Votes: 8,556 Participation: 79.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1320(F) — 21 May 2022 14:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±44
NDP
 1/3 5,499 64.62% +3,064 Loser:
LIB
 2,435 28.61% Steve Drake

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,580 Votes: 7,535 Participation: 71.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1372(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±45
NDP
 1/3 4,042 54.09% +1,057 Loser:
LIB
 2,985 39.94% Susan D. Marsh

Service: 4 years 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,519 Votes: 7,788 Participation: 67.61% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1268(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±49
NDP
 1/3 3,929 50.64% +473 Loser:
LIB
 3,456 44.55% Basil McGillivray

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,786 Votes: 8,024 Participation: 68.08% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 490(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±52
NDP
 1/4 3,490 43.65% +1,216 Loser:
PC
 2,274 28.44% Darren Bruckschwaiger

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,317 Votes: 6,392 Participation: 51.90% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6125(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±55
NDP
 1/4 5,096 80.14% +4,411 Loser:
LIB
 685 10.77% Joe MacPherson

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,950 Votes: 7,639 Participation: 58.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7214(F) — 9 Feb 2022 20:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±59
NDP
 1/3 3,440 45.29% +158 Loser:
LIB
 3,282 43.21% David R. Wilton
After his election:
2 Apr 2015 ±61
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 5 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,389 Votes: 6,341 Participation: 47.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
14 July 2015
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14228(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±61		 Successor:
LIB
 3,120 49.51% David R. Wilton

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Corbett, Frank (p. 59)		 20 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Frank Corbett		 20 Nov 2023

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