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♂ Jaime Battiste
aliasJaime Battiste
Record
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☆   Mi'kmaq   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Government
 Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth c. 1979
Age ± 45 years
First mandate 21 October 2019 → 4 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 40 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Jaime Battiste (c.1979– )
© Photo 2021 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Upon his election as the Liberal MP for Sydney—Victoria in the 2019 federal election, Battiste became the first Mi'kmaw MP in Canada.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 6 5

Electoral history

Races * 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ R. Edward Orrell  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 60,322 Votes: 41,093 Participation: 68.12% Candidacies: 7
Federal
43		 Nova Scotia
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26896(F) — 22 Sep 2021 08:02 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
±40
LIB
 1/7 12,536 30.90% +1,309 Loser:
CPC
 11,227 27.68% R. Edward Orrell

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 59,786 Votes: 36,784 Participation: 61.53% Candidacies: 6
Federal
44		 Nova Scotia
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36247(F) — 19 May 2022 21:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±42
LIB
 1/6 14,250 39.24% +1,084 Loser:
CPC
 13,166 36.26% R. Edward Orrell

Service: 2 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Sydney—Glace Bay
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 Nova Scotia
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39436(P) — 20 Jan 2024 17:30 ET
✗
 Incumbent will likely be defeated →
Age
±46
LIB
 2/3   33.33%   Winner:
CPC

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Jaime Battiste, M.P.		 20 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Jaime Battiste, député		 20 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jaime Battiste		 20 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Jaime Battiste		 20 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Jan 2024 17:30 (but data presented dynamically)

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