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♂ William I. Estabrooks
aliasWilliam I. Estabrooks
Record
18855 · 4241

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 2 7
Birth 26 July 1947
Age 76 years + 9 months
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 50 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 10 years + 6 months ago (7 October 2013)
Special notes
None
 
William I. Estabrooks (1947– ) 200x305
© 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 7  
Path points 8  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Bruce Holland  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ Thomas Trappenberg  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Gerald A. Lawrence  m 
 
Eligible: 16,315 Votes: 12,258 Participation: 75.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1483(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
41
NDP
 3/3 3,623 29.56% -951 Winner:
PC
 4,574 37.31% Gerald A. Lawrence
Eligible: 11,765 Votes: 9,032 Participation: 76.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1468(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
NDP
 2/3 2,772 30.85% -698 Winner:
LIB
 3,470 38.62% Bruce Holland
Eligible: 13,877 Votes: 9,961 Participation: 71.78% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1363(F) — 21 May 2022 14:30 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
NDP
 1/3 4,762 47.99% +1,454 Loser:
LIB
 3,308 33.34% Bruce Holland

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,271 Votes: 9,347 Participation: 65.50% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1416(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
NDP
 1/4 4,356 46.83% +1,756 Loser:
PC
 2,600 27.95% Ken Fralick

Service: 4 years 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,141 Votes: 8,438 Participation: 64.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1311(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
NDP
 1/3 5,049 60.01% +3,220 Loser:
LIB
 1,829 21.74% Bruce Holland

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,805 Votes: 8,431 Participation: 56.95% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 530(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
NDP
 1/4 5,317 63.15% +3,283 Loser:
PC
 2,034 24.16% Juanita Cirtwill

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,984 Votes: 8,759 Participation: 54.80% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6168(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
NDP
 1/4 6,174 70.70% +4,639 Loser:
LIB
 1,535 17.58% Lisa Mullin

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,811 Votes: 8,594 Participation: 58.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7253(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 4,492 52.59% Iain T. Rankin

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Estabrooks, William Irvine (p. 87)		 20 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Bill Estabrooks		 20 Nov 2023

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