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♂ John Deveau
aliasJohn Deveau
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 3 4
Birth Unknown
   
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 9 months ago (26 July 1999)
Special notes
None
 

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 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Zachariah J. Churchill  m 
⊕ Richard M. Hurlburt  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Walter R. (Richie) Hubbard  m 
⊖ Alexander J. McIntosh  m 
 
Eligible: 12,402 Votes: 8,825 Participation: 71.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1367(F) — 21 May 2022 14:33 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
?
NDP
 1/3 3,931 44.81% +1,302 Loser:
PC
 2,629 29.97% Alexander J. McIntosh

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,465 Votes: 9,292 Participation: 74.54% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1419(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
?
NDP
 2/4 3,079 33.34% -62 Winner:
PC
 3,141 34.02% Richard M. Hurlburt
Eligible: 12,849 Votes: 8,060 Participation: 62.73% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 534(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
?
NDP
 2/4 1,667 20.73% -3,503 Winner:
PC
 5,170 64.30% Richard M. Hurlburt
Eligible: 13,361 Votes: 7,917 Participation: 59.25% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
22 June 2010
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 14200(F) — 16 Sep 2021 23:13 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
?
NDP
 4/6 513 6.52% -3,473 Winner:
LIB
 3,986 50.67% Zachariah J. Churchill

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Deveau, John (p. 70)		 05 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Deveau		 05 Aug 2023

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