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♂ Iain Thomas Rankin
aliasIain Rankin
Record
51560 · 4320

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Nova Scotia
Opposition
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 0 4
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 9 April 1983
Age 41 years
First mandate 8 October 2013 → 10 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 5 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Iain Thomas Rankin (1983– )
© Photo 2021 SnowyBadger — 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 63–64
LIB
 1 Party leader 37–39 23 Feb 2021 — 08 Jul 2022 1 4 15
2. NS 63
LIB
 1 Premier 37–38 23 Feb 2021 — 16 Aug 2021 0 5 24
3. NS 64
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 38–39 17 Aug 2021 — 08 Jul 2022 0 10 21

Electoral history

Races * 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Kai Trappenberg  m 
 		 ⊕ Thomas Trappenberg  m 
 
Eligible: 14,811 Votes: 8,594 Participation: 58.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7253(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 1/4 4,492 52.59% +2,324 Loser:
NDP
 2,168 25.38% Linda Moxsom-Skinner

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,047 Votes: 8,598 Participation: 53.58% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7853(F) — 9 Feb 2022 21:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/5 4,272 49.90% +2,242 Loser:
PC
 2,030 23.71% Tim Kohoot

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,330 Votes: 9,558 Participation: 55.15% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35728(F) — 21 May 2022 15:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
38
LIB
 1/6 5,181 54.38% +2,861 Loser:
PC
 2,320 24.35% Bill Healy

Service: 2 years 8 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Timberlea-Prospect
Post-dated race
Provincial
65		 Nova Scotia
15 July 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39842(P) — 13 Apr 2024 18:00 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Oppo.)
Age
42
LIB
 1/4   40.66%   Loser:
PC

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Rankin, Iain Thomas (p. 256)		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Iain Rankin (politician)		 13 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Iain Rankin (homme politique)		 13 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 18:00 (but data presented dynamically)

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