Lila O'Connor
MLA for Lunenburg
In office
1993–1998
Preceded bynew riding
Succeeded byMichael Baker
Personal details
Born1940
Died (aged 77)
Political partyLiberal
Residence(s)Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

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]

References

  1. ↑ Lila J. O'Connor obituary, afterlife.co; accessed January 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Electoral History for Lunenburg" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  3. ↑ "Women still badly needed in politics say Brown, O'Connor". South Shore Now. February 6, 2002. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. 1 2 3 "Two veteran councillors ousted in Mahone Bay". South Shore Now. October 24, 2012. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  6. ↑ "Female representation increases, but not by much". The Chronicle Herald. May 26, 1993. Archived from the original on October 7, 2000. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  7. ↑ "O'Connor chosen Liberal candidate". South Shore Now. May 12, 1999. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  8. ↑ "Election Returns, 1999 (Lunenburg)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  9. ↑ "Lila "The Bulldog" O'Connor Died At The Age Of 77". CKBW. December 7, 2017. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  10. ↑ "Lila J. O'Connor". Mahone Funeral Home. Retrieved 2017-12-26.


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