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♂ Peter Delefes
aliasPeter Delefes
Record
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Greek-Canadian    Ukranian Greek Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 4 5
Birth c. 1944
Age ± 80 years
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age ± 54 years
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 9 months ago (26 July 1999)
Special notes
None
 
Peter Delefes (c.1944– )
© Photo Saint Andrews School, Halifax / Facebook — 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 1 4 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Tara Erskine  f 
⊖ C. Edwin Kinley  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Jane S. Purves  f  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Daniel Graham  m 
⊕ Joel R. Matheson  m 
 
Eligible: 17,497 Votes: 12,356 Participation: 70.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1601(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±37
NDP
 3/3 2,993 24.29% -3,094 Winner:
PC
 6,087 49.41% Joel R. Matheson
Eligible: 17,008 Votes: 7,279 Participation: 42.80% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
4 November 1997
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14222(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±53
NDP
 2/4 2,630 36.27% -165 Winner:
LIB
 2,795 38.55% C. Edwin Kinley
Eligible: 17,842 Votes: 11,137 Participation: 62.42% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1342(F) — 13 Feb 2024 18:52 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±54
NDP
 1/4 4,414 39.87% +37 Loser:
LIB
 4,377 39.53% C. Edwin Kinley

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,694 Votes: 9,300 Participation: 67.91% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1396(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±55
NDP
 2/5 2,958 32.11% -434 Winner:
PC
 3,392 36.83% Jane S. Purves
Eligible: 12,499 Votes: 8,176 Participation: 65.41% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1290(F) — 9 Feb 2022 12:51 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±59
NDP
 2/5 2,542 31.20% -500 Winner:
LIB
 3,042 37.34% Daniel Graham

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Delefes, Peter (p. 65)		 13 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Peter Delefes		 13 Feb 2024

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