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♂ Benjamin Thomas Jessome
aliasBen Jessome
Record
29897 · 4311

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Nova Scotia
Opposition
 Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 22 October 1986
Age 37 years + 6 months
First mandate 8 October 2013 → 10 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 26 years + 11 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Benjamin Thomas Jessome (1986– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
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 10 6 16 Z

Electoral history

Races * 4  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 11,297 Votes: 6,537 Participation: 57.86% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7236(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
26
LIB
 1/4 3,402 52.23% +1,818 Loser:
NDP
 1,584 24.32% Peter Lund

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,905 Votes: 7,366 Participation: 57.08% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7834(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
LIB
 1/4 3,432 46.69% +1,011 Loser:
PC
 2,421 32.94% Matt Whitman

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,202 Votes: 8,038 Participation: 56.60% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35709(F) — 21 May 2022 15:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/4 3,697 46.06% +832 Loser:
PC
 2,865 35.70% Julie Chaisson

Service: 2 years 8 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Hammonds Plains-Lucasville
Post-dated race
Provincial
65		 Nova Scotia
15 July 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39822(P) — 13 Apr 2024 15:40 ET
✗
 Incumbent will likely be defeated →
Age
38
LIB
 2/4   31.65%   Winner:
PC

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Jessome, Benjamin Thomas (p. 134)		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ben Jessome		 13 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Ben Jessome		 13 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 15:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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