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♂ Gary Clayton Burrill
aliasGary Burrill
Record
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United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Nova Scotia
Opposition
 Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 2 6
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth c. 1955
Age ± 69 years
First mandate 9 June 2009 → 14 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 54 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Gary Clayton Burrill (c.1955– )
© Photo 2021 NS NDP — Public domain
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 11 2 25 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 62–64
NDP
 1 Party leader 61–67 27 Feb 2016 — 24 Jun 2022 6 3 28

Electoral history

Races * 6  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊕ W. Larry Harrison  m 
⊕ Joachim Stroink  m 
 		 ⊕ Steve Streatch  m 
⊕ Brooke D. Taylor  m 
 
Eligible: 13,195 Votes: 7,527 Participation: 57.04% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 496(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±51
NDP
 2/4 1,891 25.21% -2,899 Winner:
PC
 4,790 63.85% Brooke D. Taylor
Eligible: 13,422 Votes: 7,821 Participation: 58.27% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6133(F) — 27 Jan 2024 10:38 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±54
NDP
 1/4 3,697 47.45% +1,432 Loser:
PC
 2,265 29.07% Steve Streatch

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,469 Votes: 7,872 Participation: 58.45% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7218(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±58
NDP
 2/3 2,293 29.33% -1,011 Winner:
PC
 3,304 42.27% W. Larry Harrison
Eligible: 17,588 Votes: 9,124 Participation: 51.88% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7831(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
±62
NDP
 1/4 4,197 46.15% +624 Loser:
LIB
 3,573 39.29% Joachim Stroink

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,796 Votes: 7,739 Participation: 60.48% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35706(F) — 21 May 2022 14:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
±66
NDP
 1/4 4,009 51.99% +1,531 Loser:
LIB
 2,478 32.14% Jackie Kinley

Service: 2 years 8 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Halifax Chebucto
Post-dated race
Provincial
65		 Nova Scotia
15 July 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39819(P) — 13 Apr 2024 15:18 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Oppo.)
Age
±70
NDP
 1/4   56.15%   Loser:
LIB

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Burrill, Gary Clayton (p. 32)		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gary Burrill		 13 Apr 2024

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