Joel Matheson

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1993 Canadian federal election: Halifax West

The Honourable Joel R. Matheson ECNS
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia
In office 1978–1993
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	26 904	45.62	+7.01
	Progressive Conservative	Joel Matheson	14 005	23.75	-21.00
	Reform	Jim Donohue	11,439	19.40
	New Democratic	Sheila Richardson	4,952	8.40	-7.85
	National	Kirby Judge	1,201	2.04
	Natural Law	Bernard Gormley	475	0.81
Total valid votes			58,976	100.00
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+14.01

Personal life

In 1953, he married Ruth MacRobert.

References

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8. "Joel Matheson QC Joins Canasur Gold Board As Chairman". Canasur Gold. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2011-12-30.