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  NS House of Assembly - Chester-St. Margaret's
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OfficeMLA
HonorificMLA - Abbr: MLA
Type General Election
Filing Deadline March 01, 1998 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open March 24, 1998 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close March 24, 1998 - 06:00pm Central
Term Start March 25, 1998 - 12:00pm
Term End November 02, 1998 - 12:00pm
Invalid Votes Under Votes: 62
ContributorMonsieur
Last ModifiedCampari_007 December 29, 2020 04:28pm
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Description Term end due to party switch. On November 2, 1998 MLA Bitter-Suermann left the PC Party and joined the NDP caucus. He strongly disagreed with the Tories' decision to support the Liberal government's budget.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyLiberal Won05/25/1993
NameJim Barkhouse Votes5,025 (51.69%)
Term05/25/1993 - 03/24/1998 Margin2,158 (+22.20%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyNew Democratic Won11/02/1998
NameHinrich Bitter-Suermann Votes1 (100.00%)
Term11/03/1998 - 07/27/1999 Margin1 (+100.00%)
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Name Hinrich Bitter-Suermann (I) MLA Jim Barkhouse Doris Maley  
PartyProgressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic  
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Certified Votes 3,256 (35.22%) 3,153 (34.10%) 2,837 (30.68%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -103 (-1.11%) -419 (-4.53%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/1998 00/00/1998 00/00/1998  
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