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♂ Keith Leslie Bain
aliasKeith Bain
Record
2268 · 4277

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Nova Scotia
Government
 Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 2 6
Birth 24 October 1952
Age 71 years + 6 months
First mandate 13 June 2006 → 17 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 7 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Keith Leslie Bain (1952– )
© 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 14 2 21 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 64
PC
 1 Speaker 68–70 24 Sep 2021 — 11 Oct 2023 2 0 17

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Brian V. Boudreau  m 
⊕ Gerald E. Sampson  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Pam Eyking  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 7,433 Votes: 6,269 Participation: 84.34% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1313(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
50
PC
 2/5 2,036 32.48% -248 Winner:
LIB
 2,284 36.44% Gerald E. Sampson
Eligible: 9,288 Votes: 6,339 Participation: 68.25% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 532(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
PC
 1/5 3,001 47.48% +729 Loser:
LIB
 2,272 35.94% Gerald E. Sampson

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,328 Votes: 6,260 Participation: 67.11% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6170(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/5 2,417 38.68% +505 Loser:
LIB
 1,912 30.60% Gerald E. Sampson

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,670 Votes: 8,137 Participation: 69.73% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7255(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
PC
 2/4 2,847 35.25% -303 Winner:
LIB
 3,150 39.00% Pam Eyking
Eligible: 12,610 Votes: 7,380 Participation: 58.52% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7855(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
64
PC
 1/5 4,373 59.55% +2,404 Loser:
LIB
 1,969 26.81% Pam Eyking

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,862 Votes: 6,535 Participation: 50.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35730(F) — 21 May 2022 15:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
PC
 1/4 3,536 54.37% +1,312 Loser:
LIB
 2,224 34.20% Nadine Bernard

Service: 2 years 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Victoria-The Lakes
Post-dated race
Provincial
65		 Nova Scotia
15 July 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39844(P) — 13 Apr 2024 18:17 ET
—
 Incumbent will not run in this election →
Age
72		     Successor:
PC

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Bain, Keith Leslie (p. 12)		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Keith Bain		 13 Apr 2024

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