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♂ John A. MacDonell
aliasJohn A. MacDonell
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 1 6
Birth 2 April 1956
Age 68 years
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 41 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 10 years + 6 months ago (7 October 2013)
Special notes
None
 
John A. MacDonell (1956– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 15 6 10 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 58
NDP
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 44–45 02 Jan 2001 — 24 Apr 2001 0 3 22

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Malcolm A. MacKay  m 
 		 ⊕ Margaret Miller  f 
 
Eligible: 14,306 Votes: 9,601 Participation: 67.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1347(F) — 21 May 2022 14:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
NDP
 1/3 4,175 43.66% +798 Loser:
LIB
 3,377 35.32% Jim Smith

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,894 Votes: 9,266 Participation: 66.69% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1399(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
NDP
 1/3 3,985 43.25% +906 Loser:
PC
 3,079 33.42% Reese Morash

Service: 4 years 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,988 Votes: 8,433 Participation: 60.29% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1295(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
NDP
 1/4 4,783 56.97% +2,917 Loser:
LIB
 1,866 22.23% Larry Matthews

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,263 Votes: 8,886 Participation: 54.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 515(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
NDP
 1/4 4,712 53.13% +1,997 Loser:
PC
 2,715 30.62% Wayne Fiander

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 18,019 Votes: 9,355 Participation: 51.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6152(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
NDP
 1/4 6,052 64.96% +4,485 Loser:
PC
 1,567 16.82% Todd Williams

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,885 Votes: 9,589 Participation: 53.61% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7237(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
NDP
 2/3 3,412 35.84% -1,100 Winner:
LIB
 4,512 47.39% Margaret Miller

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
MacDonell, John A. (p. 175)		 02 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John MacDonell (Nova Scotia politician)		 02 Apr 2024

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