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♀ Rafah DiCostanzo
aliasRafah DiCostanzo
Record
16075 · 4325

Iraqi-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Nova Scotia
Opposition
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 0 3
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 2 May 1962
Age 61 years + 11 months
First mandate 30 May 2017 → 6 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 55 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Rafah DiCostanzo (1962– )
© Photo 201 SnowyBadger — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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 6 10 27 Z

Electoral history

Races * 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Thomas Trappenberg  m 
 
 
Eligible: 17,712 Votes: 8,793 Participation: 49.64% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7815(F) — 16 Sep 2021 21:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
LIB
 1/5 4,035 46.05% +1,731 Loser:
PC
 2,304 26.29% Paul Kimball

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,474 Votes: 7,590 Participation: 52.44% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35690(F) — 21 May 2022 14:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/5 3,603 47.60% +1,728 Loser:
PC
 1,875 24.77% Nargis deMolitor

Service: 2 years 8 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Clayton Park West
Post-dated race
Provincial
65		 Nova Scotia
15 July 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39801(P) — 13 Apr 2024 14:08 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Oppo.)
Age
63
LIB
 1/4   33.76%   Loser:
PC

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
DiCostanzo, Rafah (p. 76)		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Rafah DiCostanzo		 04 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Rafah DiCostanzo		 04 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 14:08 (but data presented dynamically)

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