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♀ Alexa Ann McDonough
aliasAlexa Ann McDonough
Record
41085 · 431

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 2 6
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
Total 8 2 10
Birth 11 August 1944 → 79 years + 8 months ago
Lived 77 years + 5 months
First mandate 6 October 1981 → 42 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 1 month
Death 15 January 2022 → 2 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 3 months after 13 October 2008
Special notes
None
 
Alexa Ann McDonough (1944–2022)
© Photo 2008 Windjade — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ David S.H. MacDonald (1936–) Domestic partner
⊖ Lloyd R. Shaw (1914–1993) Father  
 
Well that's interesting!
Daughter of Lloyd Shaw, McDonough was the first woman in Canada to lead a major provincial political party (see Hilda Watson to understand the italicized provincial). It might be surprising to learn that she had "a thing" with long-time Progressive Conservative David MacDonald from 1997 to 2004 and even swayed him toward social democracy.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 11 4 8
Nova Scotia 14 5 20 Z
TOTAL 25 9 28

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 52–56
NDP
 1 Party leader 36–50 16 Nov 1980 — 19 Nov 1994 14 0 3
2. CA 35–37
NDP
 1 Party leader 51–58 24 Oct 1995 — 24 Jan 2003 7 3 0

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 12  
8 documented challengers
⊕ Mary C. Clancy  f 
⊖ Terence R.B. Donahoe  m 
⊕ Stephen Greene  m 
⊖ Gerald A.P. Regan  m 
 		 ⊕ George T.H. Cooper  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Walter R. Fitzgerald  m 
⊖ Douglas C. McNeil  m 
⊕ Nicholas D. Wright  m 
 
Eligible: 60,405 Votes: 40,961 Participation: 67.81% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Nova Scotia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4406(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
34
NDP
 3/6 7,590 18.53% -8,980 Winner:
PC
 16,570 40.45% George T.H. Cooper
Eligible: 60,405 Votes: 40,934 Participation: 67.77% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 Nova Scotia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4124(F) — 22 Nov 2023 07:48 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
35
NDP
 3/4 8,009 19.67% -8,940 Winner:
LIB
 16,949 41.63% Gerald A.P. Regan
Eligible: 12,391 Votes: 9,718 Participation: 78.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1602(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:34 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
37
NDP
 1/3 3,886 40.12% +492 Loser:
PC
 3,394 35.04% Douglas C. McNeil

Service: 3 years 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,519 Votes: 8,841 Participation: 70.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1550(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
40
NDP
 1/3 4,374 49.65% +1,744 Loser:
PC
 2,630 29.85% Helen Gillis

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,889 Votes: 9,051 Participation: 76.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1499(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
44
NDP
 1/3 3,238 35.99% +24 Loser:
PC
 3,214 35.72% J. Clair Callaghan

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,344 Votes: 10,595 Participation: 73.86% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1449(F) — 8 Feb 2022 21:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
48
NDP
 1/4 4,789 45.52% +1,231 Loser:
LIB
 3,558 33.82% Art Flynn
After her election:
30 Mar 1996 51
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 2 years 10 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,315 Votes: 6,852 Participation: 51.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
4 June 1996
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14218(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
NDP
 4,434 65.24% A. Eileen O'Connell
Eligible: 65,061 Votes: 44,796 Participation: 68.85% Candidacies: 6
Federal
36		 Nova Scotia
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2939(F) — 3 Nov 2023 08:20 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament (Party leader)
Age
52
NDP
 1/6 21,837 49.02% +11,476 Loser:
PC
 10,361 23.26% Terence R.B. Donahoe

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 67,849 Votes: 41,230 Participation: 60.77% Candidacies: 7
Federal
37		 Nova Scotia
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2635(F) — 1 Feb 2022 14:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
56
NDP
 1/7 16,563 40.34% +3,024 Loser:
LIB
 13,539 32.98% Kevin Little

Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 70,847 Votes: 44,406 Participation: 62.68% Candidacies: 4
Federal
38		 Nova Scotia
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1055(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
59
NDP
 1/4 18,341 41.55% +1,074 Loser:
LIB
 17,267 39.11% Sheila Fougere

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 76,885 Votes: 50,171 Participation: 65.25% Candidacies: 5
Federal
39		 Nova Scotia
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 659(F) — 16 Sep 2021 21:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
61
NDP
 1/5 23,420 46.88% +7,983 Loser:
LIB
 15,437 30.90% Martin MacKinnon

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 74,717 Votes: 45,328 Participation: 60.67% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 Nova Scotia
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5787(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
NDP
 19,252 42.69% Megan A. Leslie

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Alexa McDonough		 22 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
McDonough, Alexa		 22 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ms. Alexa McDonough, M.P., O.C., O.N.S.		 22 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Madame Alexa McDonough, députée, O.C., O.N.S.		 22 Mar 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
McDonough, Alexa Ann (p. 129)		 22 Mar 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
McDonough, Alexa Ann (p. 191)		 22 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Alexa McDonough		 22 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Alexa McDonough		 22 Mar 2024

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