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♂ Leonard Preyra
aliasLeonard Preyra
Record
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Indo-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Birth 10 February 1955
Age 69 years + 2 months
First mandate 13 June 2006 → 17 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 10 years + 6 months ago (7 October 2013)
Special notes
None
 
Leonard Preyra (1955– )
© 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 7 3 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Labi Kousoulis  m 
 		 ⊕ Nicholas D. Wright  m 
 
Eligible: 14,322 Votes: 7,292 Participation: 50.91% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 536(F) — 16 Sep 2021 21:42 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
NDP
 1/4 3,054 42.03% +330 Loser:
PC
 2,724 37.49% Bill Black

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,240 Votes: 7,733 Participation: 50.74% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6147(F) — 16 Sep 2021 23:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
NDP
 1/4 3,785 49.17% +1,201 Loser:
LIB
 2,584 33.57% Gerry Walsh

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,901 Votes: 6,275 Participation: 48.64% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7232(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
NDP
 2/5 1,934 31.08% -1,032 Winner:
LIB
 2,966 47.66% Labi Kousoulis

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Preyra, Leonard (p. 252)		 10 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Leonard Preyra		 10 Feb 2024

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