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♂ Percy Alonzo Paris
aliasPercy Paris
Record
48056 · 4278

Black Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 2 4
Birth c. 1947
Age ± 77 years
First mandate 13 June 2006 → 17 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 59 years
 
Mandate ended 10 years + 6 months ago (7 October 2013)
Special notes
None
 
Percy Alonzo Paris (c.1947– )
© Photo 2007 Laura Landon — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
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 7 3 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Gary B. Hines  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ Brian J. Wong  m 
 		 ⊕ William H. Horne  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 12,842 Votes: 8,354 Participation: 65.05% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1314(F) — 7 Sep 2023 07:36 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±56
NDP
 2/5 2,778 33.31% -363 Winner:
PC
 3,141 37.67% Gary B. Hines
Eligible: 14,050 Votes: 8,165 Participation: 58.11% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 533(F) — 7 Sep 2023 07:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±59
NDP
 1/4 3,782 46.39% +507 Loser:
PC
 3,275 40.17% Gary B. Hines

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,741 Votes: 9,212 Participation: 58.52% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6171(F) — 7 Sep 2023 07:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±62
NDP
 1/4 5,007 54.47% +2,717 Loser:
LIB
 2,290 24.91% William H. Horne

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,936 Votes: 8,382 Participation: 60.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7256(F) — 7 Sep 2023 07:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±66
NDP
 3/3 2,098 25.20% -1,490 Winner:
LIB
 3,588 43.09% William H. Horne

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Paris, Percy Alonzo (p. 246)		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Percy Paris		 13 Apr 2024

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