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♂ Timothy Jerome Houston
aliasTim Houston
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Nova Scotia
Government
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 10 April 1970
Age 54 years
First mandate 8 October 2013 → 10 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 5 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Timothy Jerome Houston (1970– )
© Photo 2016 Charles F. Allison — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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 17 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 63
PC
 1 Party leader 48–54 27 Oct 2018 — 5 6 1
2. NS 63
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 48–51 27 Oct 2018 — 16 Aug 2021 2 9 20
3. NS 64
PC
 1 Premier 51–54 17 Aug 2021 — 2 8 11

Electoral history

Races * 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Clarence F. MacKinnon  m 
 
 
Eligible: 11,573 Votes: 7,784 Participation: 67.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7246(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
PC
 1/3 3,714 48.05% +926 Loser:
NDP
 2,788 36.07% Clarence F. MacKinnon

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,976 Votes: 7,174 Participation: 59.90% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7845(F) — 9 Feb 2022 20:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/3 5,275 73.88% +3,974 Loser:
LIB
 1,301 18.22% John Fraser

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,734 Votes: 7,085 Participation: 60.38% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35720(F) — 21 May 2022 15:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
51
PC
 1/4 4,918 69.68% +3,333 Loser:
LIB
 1,585 22.46% Joe MacDonald

Service: 2 years 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Pictou East
Post-dated race
Provincial
65		 Nova Scotia
15 July 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39833(P) — 13 Apr 2024 16:54 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Party leader) (Gov't)
Age
55
PC
 1/3   78.34%   Loser:
LIB

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Houston, Tim (p. 124)		 10 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Tim Houston		 10 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Tim Houston		 10 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 13:03 (but data presented dynamically)

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