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♀ Denise J. Peterson-Rafuse
aliasDenise J. Peterson-Rafuse
Record
49327 · 4283

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Birth Unknown
   
First mandate 9 June 2009 → 14 years + 10 months ago
 
Mandate ended 6 years + 10 months ago (29 May 2017)
Special notes
None
 
Denise J. Peterson-Rafuse (? – )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
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 11 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Hugh W. MacKay  m 
 		 ⊕ Judy Streatch  f 
 
Eligible: 15,409 Votes: 10,088 Participation: 65.47% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6130(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
?
NDP
 1/4 4,835 48.09% +2,073 Loser:
PC
 2,762 27.47% Judy Streatch

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,613 Votes: 9,544 Participation: 65.31% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7215(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
?
NDP
 1/3 3,341 35.25% +148 Loser:
PC
 3,193 33.69% Janet E. Irwin

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,447 Votes: 8,809 Participation: 57.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7813(F) — 12 Jul 2023 09:47 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
?
NDP
 2/4 3,021 34.42% -91 Winner:
LIB
 3,112 35.46% Hugh W. MacKay

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Peterson-Rafuse, Denise (p. 248)		 27 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Denise Peterson-Rafuse		 27 Jan 2024

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