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♂ David Andrew Hendsbee
aliasDavid Hendsbee
Record
27058 · 4255

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 2 3
Birth 9 April 1960
Age 64 years
First mandate 27 July 1999 → 24 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 20 years + 8 months ago (4 August 2003)
Special notes
None
 
David Andrew Hendsbee (1960– )
© Photo Eastern Shore Cooperator — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Halifax County, Nova Scotia (1993–1995); Halifax, Nova Scotia (1995–1999; 2003– )
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 4 0 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊕ F. Wayne Adams  m 
⊕ Keith W. Colwell  m 
 		 ⊕ Yvonne Atwell  f  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Marc-Boris St-Maurice  m 
 
Eligible: 5,910 Votes: 4,886 Participation: 82.67% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1462(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
33
IND
 2/4 1,381 28.46% -491 Winner:
LIB
 1,872 38.57% F. Wayne Adams
Eligible: 6,169 Votes: 3,854 Participation: 62.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1410(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
PC
 1/3 1,800 47.31% +304 Loser:
NDP
 1,496 39.32% Yvonne Atwell

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,591 Votes: 4,172 Participation: 63.30% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1306(F) — 22 Dec 2023 08:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
PC
 2/4 1,361 32.77% -50 Winner:
LIB
 1,411 33.98% Keith W. Colwell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Hendsbee, David Andrew (p. 118)		 09 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Hendsbee		 09 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Apr 2024 20:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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