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♂ Reeves Matheson
aliasReeves Matheson
Record
40059 · 4006

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth c. 1951
Age ± 73 years
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age ± 47 years
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 10 months ago (26 July 1999)
Special notes
None
 

Reeves Matheson (c.1951– )
No image available
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 1 4 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Donald G. MacLeod  m 
 
 
Eligible: 14,282 Votes: 10,542 Participation: 73.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
2 December 1980
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14206(F) — 1 Apr 2022 23:19 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±29
NDP
 2/4 2,996 28.52% -1,509 Winner:
PC
 4,505 42.88% Donald G. MacLeod
Eligible: 13,555 Votes: 9,616 Participation: 70.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1321(F) — 12 Jul 2023 09:33 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±47
NDP
 1/3 5,002 52.59% +2,143 Loser:
LIB
 2,859 30.06% Clarence Routledge
After his election:
13 May 1998 ±47
NDP
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,650 Votes: 9,322 Participation: 73.69% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1373(F) — 9 Feb 2022 08:01 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±48		 Successor:
LIB
 3,704 40.12% H. David Wilson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Matheson, Reeves (p. 208)		 13 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Reeves Matheson		 13 Jun 2024

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