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♂ Harold E. Theriault
aliasHarold E. Theriault
Record
60674 · 4263

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 0 3
Birth c. January 1953
Age ± 71 years
First mandate 5 August 2003 → 20 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age ± 50 years
 
Mandate ended 10 years + 6 months ago (7 October 2013)
Special notes
None
 
Harold E. Theriault (c.1953– )
© 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 10 2 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Gordon D. Balser  m 
 
 
Eligible: 9,065 Votes: 5,885 Participation: 64.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1284(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±50
LIB
 1/4 2,666 45.56% +327 Loser:
PC
 2,339 39.98% Gordon D. Balser

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,075 Votes: 5,971 Participation: 59.27% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 505(F) — 13 Aug 2021 14:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±53
LIB
 1/4 3,034 50.91% +864 Loser:
PC
 2,170 36.42% James MacAlpine

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,883 Votes: 5,558 Participation: 56.24% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6141(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±56
LIB
 1/4 3,514 63.48% +2,422 Loser:
NDP
 1,092 19.73% Sherri Oliver

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,913 Votes: 9,462 Participation: 68.01% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7216(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±60		 Successor:
LIB
 5,122 54.68% Gordon L. Wilson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Theriault, Harold Elwood Jr. (p. 295)		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Harold Theriault		 04 Feb 2024

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