♀ Alexa A. McDonough ♦

 Record
41085 · 431
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ∑ ✓ ✗
Canada 6 4 2
Nova Scotia 4 4 0
Total 10 8 2
Birth Death Lived Died in office
11 August 1944
(79 years 8 months ago)
 15 January 2022
(2 years 3 months ago)
 77 years 5 months No
Family tie with other documented individual
Who ...is/was her Note
Lloyd R. Shaw (1914–1993) Father
David S.H. MacDonald (1936–) Domestic partner 1997-2004
Service in elected office
Legislature Total Government Opposition
Nova Scotia
Days years months days
5,286 14 5 21
Days years months days
0 0 0 0
Days years months days
5,286 14 5 21
Canada
Days years months days
4,148 11 4 8
Days years months days
0 0 0 0
Days years months days
4,148 11 4 8
Total > 
Days years months days
9,434 25 9 30
Days years months days
0 0 0 0
Days years months days
9,434 25 9 30
Leadership roles
  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 52–56 NDP 1 Party leader 36–50 16 Nov 1980 — 19 Nov 1994 14 0 3
2. CA 35–37 NDP 1 Party leader 51–58 24 Oct 1995 — 24 Jan 2003 7 3 0
Electoral history
→ 10 recorded electoral participations
→ 12 electoral path points
 		 → 8 documented challengers:
 		 Mary C. Clancy  f 
George T.H. Cooper  m  (2 runoffs)
Terence R.B. Donahoe  m 
Walter R. Fitzgerald  m 
Stephen Greene  m 
Douglas C. McNeil  m 
Gerald A.P. Regan  m 
Nicholas D. Wright  m 
 
Federal
Ass.: 31		 Nova Scotia Halifax
22 May 1979 Age:
34		 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
General ✗ 3/6 NDP 18.53% 7,590 of 40,961 Elig.: 60,405 Parti.: 67.81%
Winner > PC 40.45% 16,570 (+8,980) George T.H. Cooper  m  ( 37 )
ID: 4406(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Federal
Ass.: 32		 Nova Scotia Halifax
18 February 1980 Age:
35		 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
General ✗ 3/4 NDP 19.67% 8,009 of 40,716 Elig.: 60,405 Parti.: 67.77%
Winner > LIB 41.63% 16,949 (+8,940) Gerald A.P. Regan  m  ( 52 )
ID: 4124(F) — 22 Nov 2023 07:48 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 53		 Nova Scotia Halifax Chebucto
6 October 1981 Age:
37		 → New to this legislature
General ✓ 1/3 NDP 40.12% 3,886 of 9,687 Elig.: 12,391 Parti.: 78.43%
Loser > PC 35.04% 3,394 (-492) Douglas C. McNeil  m  ( 53 )
ID: 1602(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:34 ET Service: 3 years 0 month 30 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 54		 Nova Scotia Halifax Chebucto
6 November 1984 Age:
40		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/3 NDP 49.65% 4,374 of 8,810 Elig.: 12,519 Parti.: 70.62%
Loser > PC 29.85% 2,630 (-1,744) Helen Gillis  f 
ID: 1550(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:34 ET Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 55		 Nova Scotia Halifax Chebucto
6 September 1988 Age:
44		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/3 NDP 35.99% 3,238 of 8,998 Elig.: 11,889 Parti.: 76.13%
Loser > PC 35.72% 3,214 (-24) J. Clair Callaghan  m 
ID: 1499(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:34 ET Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 56		 Nova Scotia Halifax Fairview
25 May 1993 Age:
48		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/4 NDP 45.52% 4,789 of 10,521 Elig.: 14,344 Parti.: 73.86%
Loser > LIB 33.82% 3,558 (-1,231) Art Flynn  m 
  Post-Election...
30 March 1996 > ?? NDP → Vac. Resigned: Successfully ran federally
ID: 1449(F) — 8 Feb 2022 21:55 ET Service: 2 years 10 months 5 days (Oppo.) Exit from legislature →
Provincial
Ass.: 56		 Nova Scotia Halifax Fairview
4 June 1996 Age:
51		 Incumbent did not run in this election Exit from legislature →
By-Election  
Successor > NDP 65.24% 4,434 of 6,796 A. Eileen O'Connell  f  ( 48 )
ID: 14218(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
Federal
Ass.: 36		 Nova Scotia Halifax
2 June 1997 Age:
52		 → New to Parliament
General ✓ 1/6 NDP 49.02% 21,837 of 44,544 Elig.: 65,061 Parti.: 68.85%
Loser > PC 23.26% 10,361 (-11,476) Terence R.B. Donahoe  m  ( 52 )
ID: 2939(F) — 3 Nov 2023 08:20 ET Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Federal
Ass.: 37		 Nova Scotia Halifax
27 November 2000 Age:
56		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/7 NDP 40.34% 16,563 of 41,054 Elig.: 67,849 Parti.: 60.77%
Loser > LIB 32.98% 13,539 (-3,024) Kevin Little  m 
ID: 2635(F) — 1 Feb 2022 14:48 ET Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Federal
Ass.: 38		 Nova Scotia Halifax
28 June 2004 Age:
59		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/4 NDP 41.55% 18,341 of 44,146 Elig.: 70,847 Parti.: 62.68%
Loser > LIB 39.11% 17,267 (-1,074) Sheila Fougere  f 
ID: 1055(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Federal
Ass.: 39		 Nova Scotia Halifax
23 January 2006 Age:
61		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/5 NDP 46.88% 23,420 of 49,962 Elig.: 76,885 Parti.: 65.25%
Loser > LIB 30.90% 15,437 (-7,983) Martin MacKinnon  m 
ID: 659(F) — 16 Sep 2021 21:39 ET Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Federal
Ass.: 40		 Nova Scotia Halifax
14 October 2008 Age:
64		 Incumbent did not run in this election Exit from legislature →
General  
Successor > NDP 42.69% 19,252 of 45,098 Megan A. Leslie  f  ( 35 )
ID: 5787(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
→ 8 online biographical references
 
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EN Canadian Encyclopedia: Alexa McDonough 22 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne: McDonough, Alexa 22 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo): Ms. Alexa McDonough, M.P., O.C., O.N.S. 22 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo): Madame Alexa McDonough, députée, O.C., O.N.S. 22 Mar 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory: McDonough, Alexa Ann (p. 129) 22 Mar 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: McDonough, Alexa Ann (p. 191) 22 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia: Alexa McDonough 22 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia: Alexa McDonough 22 Mar 2024
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