Earle Rafuse Explained

Earle Rafuse
Birth Date:16 October 1930
Birth Place:Middleton, Nova Scotia
Death Place:Nictaux, Nova Scotia
Office1:MLA for Annapolis
Term Start1:1993
Term End1:1998
Predecessor1:new district
Successor1:Laurie Montgomery
Office2:MLA for Annapolis East
Term Start2:1988
Term End2:1993
Predecessor2:Gerry Sheehy
Successor2:riding dissolved
Party:Liberal
Residence:Port George, Nova Scotia
Occupation:wholesaler
Children:one daughter

Earle Albert Rafuse (October 16, 1930 – January 17, 1998) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Annapolis East and Annapolis in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1998. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.

Rafuse was born in Middleton, Nova Scotia. He was a wholesale food distributor.[1] Rafuse entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, winning the Annapolis East riding.[2] In the 1993 election, he ran in the new riding of Annapolis, and defeated Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Greg Kerr by over 3,600 votes.[3] [4] He died at the age of 67 in 1998.

Notes and References

  1. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1989, pg. 852
  2. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988 . Elections Nova Scotia . 1988 . 25 . 2014-11-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225642/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf . 2014-05-12 .
  3. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993 . Elections Nova Scotia . 1993 . 31 . 2014-11-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070337/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf . 2014-10-06 .
  4. Web site: Liberal sweep claims cabinet ministers. The Chronicle Herald. May 26, 1993. 2014-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20000830230443/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993%2F05%2F26+107.raw+PE93Elect. August 30, 2000. dead.