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♂ Stephen Ronald McNeil
aliasStephen McNeil
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 10 November 1964
Age 59 years + 5 months
First mandate 5 August 2003 → 20 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 2 years + 11 months ago (3 May 2021)
Special notes
None
 
Stephen Ronald McNeil (1964– )
© Photo 2014 US Embassy Canada — licensed under CC BY 2.0
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 17 8 24 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 60
LIB
 1 Party leader 42–56 27 Apr 2007 — 22 Feb 2021 13 9 26
2. NS 61
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 44–48 09 Jun 2009 — 07 Oct 2013 4 3 28
3. NS 62–63
LIB
 1 Premier 48–56 08 Oct 2013 — 22 Feb 2021 7 4 14

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Frank Chipman  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 13,508 Votes: 9,318 Participation: 68.98% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1368(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 2/4 3,265 35.22% -761 Winner:
PC
 4,026 43.43% Frank Chipman
Eligible: 12,540 Votes: 8,921 Participation: 71.14% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1264(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/4 4,522 50.83% +1,727 Loser:
PC
 2,795 31.42% Frank Chipman

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,688 Votes: 8,324 Participation: 60.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 486(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/4 4,668 56.20% +2,627 Loser:
PC
 2,041 24.57% Blair Hannam

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,429 Votes: 8,766 Participation: 60.75% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6121(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
44
LIB
 1/4 6,446 73.70% +5,315 Loser:
NDP
 1,131 12.93% Henry A. Spurr

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,593 Votes: 10,209 Participation: 65.47% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7206(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
48
LIB
 1/4 7,710 75.88% +6,320 Loser:
PC
 1,390 13.68% Ginny Hurlock

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,888 Votes: 9,941 Participation: 58.86% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7807(F) — 9 Feb 2022 20:46 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
LIB
 1/5 6,410 64.73% +4,893 Loser:
NDP
 1,517 15.32% Colin Sproul
After his election:
3 May 2021 56
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,030 Votes: 8,567 Participation: 57.00% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35682(F) — 21 May 2022 14:39 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 4,231 49.62% Carman Kerr

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
McNeil, Stephen Ronald (p. 215)		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Stephen McNeil		 21 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Stephen McNeil		 21 Apr 2024

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