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♂ Patrick R. Dunn
aliasPat Dunn
Record
17741 · 4273

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Nova Scotia
Government
 Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
Birth 10 February 1950
Age 74 years + 2 months
First mandate 13 June 2006 → 17 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 4 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Patrick R. Dunn (1950– )
© Photo 2016 Charles F. Allison — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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 6 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊕ P. Ross Landry  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 12,553 Votes: 7,452 Participation: 59.36% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 522(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
PC
 1/5 3,901 52.54% +1,547 Loser:
NDP
 2,354 31.70% Danny MacGillivray

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,929 Votes: 7,914 Participation: 61.21% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6160(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
PC
 2/4 3,519 44.64% -131 Winner:
NDP
 3,650 46.30% P. Ross Landry
Eligible: 12,896 Votes: 7,999 Participation: 62.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7245(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
63
PC
 1/3 4,147 52.26% +1,774 Loser:
NDP
 2,373 29.91% P. Ross Landry

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,003 Votes: 7,254 Participation: 55.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7844(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
PC
 1/3 3,773 52.36% +1,746 Loser:
LIB
 2,027 28.13% Jeff Davis

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,014 Votes: 7,371 Participation: 56.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35719(F) — 19 Mar 2024 18:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
71
PC
 1/4 4,092 55.77% +1,823 Loser:
LIB
 2,269 30.93% Jim McKenna

Service: 2 years 8 months 10 days (Gov't)
Pictou Centre
Post-dated race
Provincial
65		 Nova Scotia
15 July 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39832(P) — 13 Apr 2024 16:53 ET
—
 Incumbent will not run in this election →
Age
75		     Successor:
PC

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Dunn, Patrick R. (p. 85)		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Pat Dunn (politician)		 13 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Pat Dunn (homme politique)		 13 Apr 2024

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