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♀ Diana Caroline Whalen
aliasDiana Caroline Whalen
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Birth 20 November 1956
Age 67 years + 5 months
First mandate 5 August 2003 → 20 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 6 years + 10 months ago (29 May 2017)
Special notes
None
 
Diana Caroline Whalen (1956– )
© Photo 2007 Gillian Cormier — licensed under CC BY 2.5
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 13 9 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Mary Ann McGrath  f  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 16,437 Votes: 8,863 Participation: 53.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1291(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
 1/4 3,329 37.71% +295 Loser:
PC
 3,034 34.37% Mary Ann McGrath

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 18,716 Votes: 9,140 Participation: 48.84% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 511(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/4 3,404 37.32% +364 Loser:
NDP
 3,040 33.33% Linda Power

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,976 Votes: 10,293 Participation: 51.53% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6148(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/5 5,030 49.02% +1,106 Loser:
NDP
 3,924 38.24% Linda Power

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,578 Votes: 8,797 Participation: 53.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7233(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/3 5,929 67.81% +4,414 Loser:
NDP
 1,515 17.33% Blake Wright

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,712 Votes: 8,793 Participation: 49.64% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7815(F) — 16 Sep 2021 21:44 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 4,035 46.05% Rafah DiCostanzo

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Whalen, Diana Caroline (p. 301)		 23 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Diana Whalen		 23 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Diana Whalen		 23 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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