Lila O'Connor explained

Lila O'Connor
Birth Date:1940
Residence:Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
Office:MLA for Lunenburg
Term Start:1993
Term End:1998
Predecessor:new riding
Successor:Michael Baker
Party:Liberal

Lila O'Connor (1940 – December 5, 2017)[1] was a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1998. She was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[2]

After an unsuccessful attempt to win the provincial Liberal nomination in a Lunenburg area riding in 1988,[3] O'Connor turned to municipal politics and was elected a town councilor in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.[4]

She held the seat until resigning in 1993 to enter provincial politics.[4] In the 1993 election, she was elected MLA for Lunenburg, defeating the incumbent from Lunenburg Centre, Al Mosher by 273 votes.[5] [6]

She served as a backbench member of John Savage's government. She was defeated by Progressive Conservative Michael Baker when she ran for re-election in the 1998 election. She was again nominated as the Liberal candidate in the riding for the 1999 election,[7] but was again defeated by Baker.[8] O'Connor returned to municipal politics in 2000, and served as a town councillor in Mahone Bay for 12 years, before being defeated in 2012.[4]

Death

Lila O'Connor died in December 2017.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.afterlife.co/ca/obituary-mahone-bay-lila-j-oconnor-6529315 Lila J. O'Connor obituary
  2. Web site: Electoral History for Lunenburg. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2018-01-14.
  3. Web site: Women still badly needed in politics say Brown, O'Connor. South Shore Now. February 6, 2002. 2014-10-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026023609/http://www.southshorenow.ca/en/20020206/News/57868/Women-still-badly-needed-in-politics-say-Brown-O%27Connor.htm. October 26, 2014.
  4. Web site: Two veteran councillors ousted in Mahone Bay. South Shore Now. October 24, 2012. 2014-10-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026023750/http://www.southshorenow.ca/en/20121024/News/8940/Two-veteran-councillors-ousted-in-Mahone-Bay.htm. October 26, 2014.
  5. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993. Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. 2014-10-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070337/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf. 2014-10-06.
  6. Web site: Female representation increases, but not by much. The Chronicle Herald. May 26, 1993. 2014-10-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20001007113627/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993%2F05%2F26%2B106.raw%2BPE93Elect. October 7, 2000. dead.
  7. Web site: O'Connor chosen Liberal candidate. South Shore Now. May 12, 1999. 2014-10-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026023612/http://www.southshorenow.ca/en/19990512/News/63005/O%27Connor-chosen-Liberal-candidate.htm. October 26, 2014.
  8. Web site: Election Returns, 1999 (Lunenburg). Elections Nova Scotia. 2014-10-17.
  9. Web site: Lila "The Bulldog" O'Connor Died At The Age Of 77. CKBW. December 7, 2017. 2021-04-02.
  10. Web site: Lila J. O'Connor. Mahone Funeral Home. 2017-12-26.

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