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♂ Howard M. Epstein
aliasHoward M. Epstein
Record
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Judaism   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 0 5
Birth 17 January 1949
Age 75 years + 3 months
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 49 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 10 years + 6 months ago (7 October 2013)
Special notes
None
 
Howard M. Epstein (1949– ) 200x248
© 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 15 6 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 13,141 Votes: 8,962 Participation: 68.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1341(F) — 21 May 2022 14:20 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
NDP
 1/3 4,158 46.65% +993 Loser:
LIB
 3,165 35.51% Kenzie MacKinnon

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,961 Votes: 8,468 Participation: 65.33% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1395(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
NDP
 1/4 3,159 37.69% +348 Loser:
PC
 2,811 33.54% Sean Phillips

Service: 4 years 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,437 Votes: 8,402 Participation: 62.53% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1289(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
NDP
 1/4 3,682 44.04% +1,090 Loser:
LIB
 2,592 31.00% Kenzie MacKinnon

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,871 Votes: 7,819 Participation: 56.37% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 510(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
NDP
 1/4 4,216 54.15% +2,496 Loser:
PC
 1,720 22.09% Sean Phillips

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,382 Votes: 7,905 Participation: 54.96% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6146(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
NDP
 1/4 4,446 56.47% +1,911 Loser:
LIB
 2,535 32.20% Jane Spurr

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,719 Votes: 8,827 Participation: 56.15% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7231(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 4,352 49.87% Joachim Stroink

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Epstein, Howard Michael (p. 86)		 17 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Howard Epstein		 17 Jan 2024

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