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♂ David R. Wilton
aliasDavid R. Wilton
Record
65729 · 4294

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 3 4
Birth c. 1967
Age ± 57 years
First mandate 14 July 2015 → 8 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age ± 48 years
 
Mandate ended 6 years + 10 months ago (29 May 2017)
Special notes
None
 
David R. Wilton (c.1967– )
© 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 1 10 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Kendra C. Coombes  f 
⊕ Tammy Martin  f  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Francis Corbett  m 
 
Eligible: 12,950 Votes: 7,639 Participation: 58.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7214(F) — 9 Feb 2022 20:26 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±46
LIB
 2/3 3,282 43.21% -158 Winner:
NDP
 3,440 45.29% Francis Corbett
Eligible: 13,389 Votes: 6,341 Participation: 47.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
14 July 2015
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14228(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±48
LIB
 1/3 3,120 49.51% +582 Loser:
NDP
 2,538 40.27% Tammy Martin

Service: 1 year 10 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,178 Votes: 7,865 Participation: 59.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7811(F) — 9 Feb 2022 20:51 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±50
LIB
 2/3 2,623 33.58% -796 Winner:
NDP
 3,419 43.77% Tammy Martin
Eligible: 12,473 Votes: 6,373 Participation: 51.09% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
10 March 2020
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31955(F) — 18 Aug 2021 12:32 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±53
LIB
 2/4 1,982 31.18% -749 Winner:
NDP
 2,731 42.97% Kendra C. Coombes

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Wilton, David Richard (p. 309)		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Wilton		 04 Feb 2024

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