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♂ Kevin Scott Murphy
aliasKevin Murphy
Record
45386 · 4303

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Birth c. 1970
Age ± 54 years
First mandate 8 October 2013 → 10 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age ± 43 years
 
Mandate ended 2 years + 10 months ago (16 August 2021)
Special notes
None
 
Kevin Scott Murphy (c.1970– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — 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
Nova Scotia 7 10 7 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 62–63
LIB
 1 Speaker 43–51 08 Oct 2013 — 16 Aug 2021 7 10 8

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Sidney W. Prest  m 
 		 ⊕ Kent Smith  m 
 
Eligible: 11,797 Votes: 7,181 Participation: 60.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7227(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±43
LIB
 1/3 3,770 52.99% +1,848 Loser:
NDP
 1,922 27.01% Sidney W. Prest

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,526 Votes: 6,723 Participation: 53.67% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7825(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±47
LIB
 1/5 2,527 37.71% +503 Loser:
PC
 2,024 30.20% Patricia Auchnie

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,650 Votes: 9,357 Participation: 56.20% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
64		 Nova Scotia
17 August 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35700(F) — 21 May 2022 14:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±51
LIB
 2/4 3,169 34.06% -1,095 Winner:
PC
 4,264 45.82% Kent Smith

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Murphy, Kevin S. (p. 231)		  8 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Kevin Murphy (Canadian politician)		  8 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Kevin Murphy (homme politique)		  8 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Jun 2024 12:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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