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♂ George Thomas Hendery Cooper
aliasGeorge Cooper
Record
12382 · 412

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Nova Scotia 0 1 1
Total 1 2 3
Birth 24 June 1941
Age 82 years + 11 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 45 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 37 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 44 years + 3 months ago (17 February 1980)
Special notes
None
 
George Thomas Hendery Cooper (1941– )
© Photo 1979 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair use
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
Canada 0 8 27

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Muriel H. Duckworth  f 
⊕ George Mitchell  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexa McDonough  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Gerald Regan  m 
 
Eligible: 15,368 Votes: 11,420 Participation: 74.31% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8569(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
32
PC
 2/3 3,833 33.79% -1,558 Winner:
LIB
 5,391 47.52% George M. Mitchell
Eligible: 60,405 Votes: 40,961 Participation: 67.81% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Nova Scotia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4406(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
PC
 1/6 16,570 40.45% +15 Loser:
LIB
 16,555 40.42% Brian Flemming

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 60,405 Votes: 40,934 Participation: 67.77% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 Nova Scotia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4124(F) — 22 Nov 2023 07:48 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
38
PC
 2/4 15,710 38.58% -1,239 Winner:
LIB
 16,949 41.63% Gerald A.P. Regan

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
George Thomas Hendery Cooper, Q.C., C.M., M.P.		  9 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
George Thomas Hendery Cooper, c.r., C.M., député		  9 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Cooper (Canadian politician)		  9 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jun 2024 12:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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